I-95 Section GIR (I-95/GIR)
I-95 between the Vine Street and Allegheny Avenue interchanges, including the Girard Avenue Interchange
Under this project, PennDOT will reconstruct and improve the interchange at Girard Avenue and approximately three miles of the adjoining interstate. The project will be done under six separate contracts, or Sections.
NEW: Virtual Tour of Street Level Improvements – Watch a video tour of the improvements planned for GIR.
NEW: The Aramingo Canal Archaeological Finds – View the 'Rediscovering a Lost Public Highway' poster here.
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GIR Construction Update: Winter 2012
Utility Work on Richmond Street, Girard Avenue Bridge Work This Winter
Utility work is under way on Richmond Street from the Delaware Avenue/Aramingo Avenue intersection to Cumberland Street in the first stage of the widening and reconstruction on the east side of Richmond Street in 2012. Richmond Street traffic has been shifted in two lanes to the west in this area. Read more here.
View or download a copy of the flier being distributed for utility work in Port Richmond near I-95.
Noise Walls documents for GR3-4 and GR5 – View and download them here.
Detailed Noise Wall information and map for GIR - View here.
Survey Deadline was November 14, 2011.
News About GIR
Sustainable Action Website Launched
Cramp Building Demolition Complete
Soil Testing Beneath I-95
Cramp Building Coming Down
Recommendations from Design Charrettes
Cramp Building Photos
Cramp Building Video
Philadelphia Archeological Forum News
PennDOT Opens Temporary Off-Ramp at Girard Avenue
Route 15 Trolley to be Rerouted During GIR Construction
GIR Slide Shows
Download a slide show overview of the project to rebuild the I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange presented to City Officials and Community Leaders in May.
Download a slide show overview of the project to rebuild the I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange presented to the Fishtown Neighbors Association in March and May.
Click here for the Dec. 22, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer articles about archaeological preservation underway on the Aramingo Canal, part of the design of the I-95 Girard Avenue Interchange.