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===Highways and bridges=== {{stack|[[File:2022-10-07 12 00 42 View south along Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway) from the pedestrian overpass for Crosby Street in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|right|I-95 southbound in Chester]]}} Chester is served by [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 95]], with [[Interstate 476]] terminating outside the city limits in [[Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania|Crum Lynne]]. I-95 was built in the 1960s and originally terminated just north of the Chester/Eddystone line at the present-day I-95/I-476 junction. It was extended north in the 1970s, with the section around [[Philadelphia International Airport]] being completed in 1985. Three exits on I-95 allow access to Highland Avenue, Kerlin Street, and Edgmont Avenue/Avenue of the States (Rts. 320 & 352). [[File:Commodore Barry Bridge 9104.jpg|thumb|[[Commodore Barry Bridge]], crossing the [[Delaware River]], at Chester]] Two federal highway routes, [[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 13]] and [[U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 322]], also run through Chester. US 13 enters Chester from Trainer on W. 4th Street, becomes part of Highland Avenue between W. 4th Street and W. 9th Street, and then continues on 9th Street to Morton Avenue. US 13 follows Morton Avenue in the city's Sun Village section until it crosses [[Ridley Creek]] and becomes Chester Pike in Eddystone. US 322 enters Chester from the northeast, merges with I-95 briefly and crosses the Delaware River over the [[Commodore Barry Bridge]]. Prior to the bridge's opening in 1974, US 322 would cross the Delaware River on the Chester-[[Bridgeport, New Jersey|Bridgeport]] Ferry, via Flower Street, causing major backups because of limited space on the ferries. With the expansion of [[Pennsylvania Route 291|State Rt. 291]] and the redevelopment of the Chester Waterfront, both the [[Delaware River Port Authority]] and PennDOT built a pair of entrance (westbound) and exit (eastbound) ramps to PA Rt. 291, providing direct access to the waterfront without using local streets. The ramps were built between 2007 and 2010 and were opened in 2011. Plans for reconstruction of US 322 and the merge with I-95 are underway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Section CSC - 322 Conchester Highway|url=http://us322conchester.com/project-information/section-csx/|website=www.us322conchester.com|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> The road currently requires traffic to merge onto I-95 in the left lane and requires changing lanes three times to the Commodore Barry Bridge exit ramp in less than a mile. A $16.6 million project to repair eight I-95 bridges will begin March 2017 and is expected to be finished in November 2018. Improvements to Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue are also included in the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fox29.com/news/238650551-story|title=Construction to start on 8 I-95 bridges in Chester City|last=FOX|work=WTXF|access-date=2017-02-28|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228192248/http://www.fox29.com/news/238650551-story|archive-date=2017-02-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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