Road Closures for Obama Visit Cause Major Traffic Delays
https://twitter.com/WazeTrafficPhi/status/775677531160776705
President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art today is already causing major traffic snarls.
Road closures in place for the president’s visit as well as a multi-vehicle crash on I-76 East near Fairmount Park earlier this morning have led to significant delays on almost every road surrounding the Art Museum area.
Road closures that went in place as early as 6 a.m. this morning include:
- The entire area surrounding Eakins Oval and all roadways leading to the Oval are closed. Traffic is being detoured away from the area.
- Kelly Drive is detoured inbound at Fairmount Avenue.
- Martin Luther King Drive and Spring Garden traffic are both being detoured onto I-676.
Drivers are encouraged to use I-76, Ridge Avenue or Broad Street to enter Center City. Traffic is currently at a crawl along Fairmount Avenue.
Obama will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at 1:45 p.m. today, and gates will open at 11:15 a.m. Some commuters aren’t giving him the warmest welcome.
Traffic this morning in Philly. #ThanksObama
— Paul Burkhart (@PaulBurkhart_) September 13, 2016
Total traffic mayhem in center city. No disrespect Mr. President but was this really necessary?? How about arriving after rush hour?
— Maiken Scott (@MaikenScott) September 13, 2016
Traffic is CRAZY!!!
— Tori Faulk (@tori_faulk) September 13, 2016
If I were president my first order of business would be: NO TRAFFIC!
— ❂☮☯ (@bri_obrienn) September 13, 2016
literally missed a whole class sitting in traffic for an hour 😡
— B™️ (@_b2x__) September 13, 2016
Never seen such crazy traffic in Philly…thanks Obama!
— Elizabeth (@EliMartinsBooks) September 13, 2016
Thanks to the traffic I'm an hour late for my surgery but my Lyft driver and I are friends now.
— Andrea Duffy 🎙 (@Andreaontheair) September 13, 2016
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