Stay away from the Philladelphia area this weekend.

[1775]

Because of the Pope's visit the PA Turnpike will be closed from the Jersey border to well past Philly from this Friday through Sunday. All bridges will be closed into Philly. The detours go up to 78 which will also be a mess. The New Jersey Tpk is also going to be backed up because of the confusion that will occur because of the closings.

[GMandJM]

Some DC government workers were allowed/encouraged to work at home today to avoid "Pope Traffic". :B

[ford_truck_guy]

And for the record , the Pope is in DC today... I just drove from Richmond VA to SE PA in 4-1/2 hrs. ( not towing ) Right up the gut of 95 and DC , over the draw bridge... I was concerned about it... That just shows that most of the MAJOR headaches will be in the center city areas....

[ford_truck_guy]

1775 wrote:
Because of the Pope's visit the PA Turnpike will be closed from the Jersey border to well past Philly from this Friday through Sunday. All bridges will be closed into Philly. The detours go up to 78 which will also be a mess. The New Jersey Tpk is also going to be backed up because of the confusion that will occur because of the closings.

This is wrong.... The biggest closure will be the Schuykill expressway (76) between the Blue Route (476) and NJ.. And the Ben Franklin Bridge.. All the other closures are in and around Center City ...
Roads closed for the Pope

[Keel]

sadly, todays world we have so many nuts that they have to do this..

[Drbolasky]

gbopp wrote:
I don't think 'mess' will describe the situation. But it's probably the best word the forum will allow. 🙂

Well said. There is a fair percentage of folks who live in my area who commute to their jobs in Philly. They are getting time off from work courtesy of the the traffic restrictions for the Pope.

[gbopp]

I don't think 'mess' will describe the situation. But it's probably the best word the forum will allow. 🙂

Best of luck to everyone living and traveling in the Philly area.

It's definitely an area to avoid. We''ll be home watching it on the tube.