Getting onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Kulpsville interchange is going to get a little trickier starting next week.
On Monday, July 31, the "slip ramp” — the unmanned E-ZPass express entrance at Sumneytown Pike and Old Forty Foot Road, serving eastbound traffic on Sumneytown — will be closed for reconstruction and modifications as
part of PennDOT's PA63/309 Connector Project. The planned detour will keep traffic moving past the ramp up to the main PA Turnpike intersection with two left-turn lanes into the interchange. The detour will resemble the eastbound traffic circulation approaching the interchange before the slip ramp opened.
The closure will be in effect for approximately two months.
Following the slip ramp construction, PennDOT will restripe the eastbound approach of Sumneytown Pike at the ramp intersection with a new configuration to include dual left-turn lanes and a shared through/right-turn lane.
The connector ultimately will carry traffic from 309 in Hilltown, along Township Line and Wambold Road, to the 476/Turnpike Lansdale interchange at Kulpsville. For more 309 Connector Project information, see
PennDOT's link at www.309connector.com.
