The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that more than $550 million in highway and bridge improvements will begin or be bid across the Philadelphia region during the 2017 construction season, bringing the region’s total contract work to roughly 125 projects worth $2.2 billion.

Highlights in the 2017 construction season for PennDOT’s District 6 (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) include 235 miles of paving replacement or repair of 33 bridges. (Read "Built in the U.S.A: Replacing 559 Bridges in 3 Years.")

Notable projects that have recently moved into construction include:

• I-95 Betsy Ross Ramps/Adams Avenue Connector in Philadelphia ($81 million);
• U.S. 322 widening in Delaware County ($62.6 million);
• U.S. 202 bridges over Amtrak in Chester County ($26.4 million);
• Route 452 bridge replacement in Delaware County ($19.9 million);
• I-95 overhead bridges in Delaware County ($16.6 million);
• JFK Boulevard bridge rehabilitations in Philadelphia ($15.9 million);
• Pottstown signal system improvements in Montgomery County ($13.3 million);
• U.S 13 (Bristol Pike) resurfacing in Bucks County ($3 million); and
• Route 41/Newark Road Intersection improvement in Chester County ($1.4 million).

Notable projects that are expected to be bid this year include:

• I-95 GR4 in Philadelphia (estimated $278 million);
• Chestnut Street bridges in Philadelphia (apparent low bid $103.5 million);
• U.S. 1 improvement in Bucks County (estimated $85 million);
• U.S. 422 reconstruction in Montgomery County (estimated $38 million);
• I-95 resurfacing in Bucks County (apparent low bid $29.6 million);
• Markley Street/U.S. 202 South improvement in Montgomery County (estimated $24 million);
• I-76 resurfacing in Montgomery County (apparent low bid $21.1 million);
• MacDade Boulevard improvement in Delaware County (estimated $5.5 million); and
• 14 contracts to resurface 235 segment miles in the Philadelphia region.

See a map of projects under way or to be bid in 2017.