Additional SEPTA Bus Service Set for Commuters During South Street Bridge Rehabilitation

SEPTA and the Grays Ferry Community Council worked together on the new routing. Route 12 peak hour University City trips have been enhanced to better serve the Grays Ferry neighborhood now using the 34th Street Bridge with morning westbound service leaving Grays Ferry at 7:45 a.m., 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. en route to University City. Eastbound afternoon Route 12 service will depart University City at 4:29 p.m., 4:59 p.m., 5:29 p.m. and 5:59 p.m.

Westbound bus service on the Route 40 near the South Street Bridge construction will continue to be detoured on Walnut Street between 22nd and 34th Streets before resuming normal routing on Spruce Street with eastbound service using Chestnut Street between 33rd and 23rd Streets to South Street.

Last year new weight restrictions on the bridge caused SEPTA to detour bus Route 40 from the deteriorating South Street Bridge which extends over the Schuylkill River and Amtrak'sHarrisburg line until bridge construction and rehabilitation is complete. The project is expected to last for two years.

Riders may also travel convenient Market-Frankford El or Subway surface Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, or 36 to the University City area at 30th and Market Streets. In addition, R1 Airport, R2Newark, and R3 Media/Elwyn Regional Rail lines make regular scheduled stops at University City Station.

For additional information, call SEPTA Customer Service at (215) 580-7800 or access the SEPTA web site at www.septa.org.

SOURCE SEPTA

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