PATCO to begin next phase of Benjamin Franklin Bridge in early December

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Beginning on December 4, Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) trains will be operating on a revised schedule as contractors begin work on the next phase of the Ben Franklin Bridge rehabilitation project, which connects Philadelphia, Pa., and Camden, N.J. The new schedule will affect service between midday Thursday and early Monday morning and will remain in effect until early February 2015.

 

In this next phase of the bridge rehabilitation project, construction crews will be working both in the subway tunnel in Camden and on the bridge to replace cables for PATCO’s communication, power and signal systems.

While the majority of the track-structure rehabilitation was completed during the continuous outages this past summer and fall, the supporting signal, power and communication systems must be replaced in stages over the coming year.

The PATCO Rail Rehabilitation Project over the Ben Franklin Bridge is a two-year, $103-million project that involves replacing the entire PATCO track system across the bridge, as well as all the related signal, power and communications cables that are part of the system. Work on this project is expected to be completed in early 2016.

 

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