A Nascar high-capacity jet dryer will be used to dry paving layers on I-95’s temporary lanes Thursday ahead of the promised weekend opening.
The apparatus is used to dry the lanes of drivers at full speed at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania.
The idea is to meet the two-week deadline provided by Governor Josh Shapiro for the reopening of the road as reconstruction work is carried out.
These are three lanes in the north and south directions, which were filled and raised with a recyclable glass material, to support up to 400,000 pounds of traffic. These will open sometime over the weekend and will allow work to continue on the side lanes, once again three to the north and south, which respond to the bridge collapsed on June 12, 2023.
Watch the rebuild progress live here.
Support and security
- The panels that serve as barriers on each side, east and west, of the temporary lanes have a weight of 13,000 pounds each.
- All the vehicles that have been working on the temporary lanes add up to an additional 3,000 pounds.
- In total, the temporary lanes can hold up to 400,000 pounds more than the trucks and vehicles that regularly transit the road.
Current closures and diversions:
- Drivers southbound from I-95 may access Exit 30 (Cottman Avenue).
- Drivers northbound on I-95 may access Exit 26 (Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue).
