September 9, 2019
On Monday morning, SEPTA, local officials, including mayor Jim Kenney, and community members gathered on Woodland Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets to celebrate the completion of the Woodland Avenue Bridge Replacement Project. The bridge, which carries SEPTA Trolley Routes 11 and 36, and crosses the Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Line, has been fully replaced.
The bridge was originally built in the 1920s and had severely deteriorated due to age, weather and traffic. SEPTA partnered with the City of Philadelphia and PennDOT to manage the design and construction of the replacement bridge. Funding for the $7.3 million project was made possible by Act 89 of 2013, which has provided a large funding source for transportation infrastructure improvement projects throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The project began in Spring 2018 and was completed last month. Both trolley lines and street traffic were detoured during construction.
September 6, 2019
If you have a car parked along Baltimore Avenue between 49th and 51st Streets, you should move. Same goes for 50th and 51st from Pentridge to Catharine. Cars should be moved by 11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6. or they will be towed, according to police.
All of this is for the N2N Festival in Cedar Park this Saturday, Sept. 7, featuring Salt-N-Pepa.
Cars can be parked again on those streets starting 12 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8.
August 27, 2019
After more than a year of detours and shuttle bus service due to the Woodland Avenue Bridge reconstruction project at 47th and Woodland, SEPTA is set to resume regular service for trolley routes 11 and 36. The project has been completed, and the trolleys will resume regular operation on Woodland Ave. between 49th St. and Chester Ave. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, SEPTA has announced.
August 16, 2019
The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety has announced the following closures of Spruce Street to accommodate students moving into dorms for the 2019-2020 academic year:
Saturday, Aug. 17:
From 34th Street to 38th Street: 6:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 20:
From 34th to 38th: 6:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 21:
From 34th to 38th: 6:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 24:
From 38th to 40th: 6:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Continue Reading
August 14, 2019
In case you hadn’t noticed, the annual SEPTA trolley tunnel maintenance project, Trolley Tunnel Blitz, began on Friday night, which means all trolleys are being temporarily diverted to 40th and Market via 42nd and Spruce Streets. Passengers can transfer to the Market-Frankford line at no additional cost at 40th and Market to continue their travel. The “blitz” also includes trolley track repairs on Woodland Avenue near the trolley portal, and due to this project, a portion of Woodland Avenue, between Woodland Terrace and University Avenue, is closed to through traffic.
The trolley tunnel will stay closed throughout this week and is expected to reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19.
August 8, 2019
The annual SEPTA trolley tunnel maintenance project, the “Trolley Tunnel Blitz,” is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 and will continue until Monday, Aug. 19 at 5 a.m., SEPTA has announced. For the duration of the project, which will include trolley track replacement, station upgrades, painting and cleaning, and other maintenance work, Trolley Routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 will not operate in the tunnel.
During the Trolley Tunnel Blitz, all trolleys will divert to 40th and Market Streets where passengers can transfer to the Market-Frankford line at no additional cost for service to/from Center City. Continue Reading
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