Well see cloudy conditions and the breezy winds will continue. Nouf, for the papal weekend in philadelphia the clouds increasing through the weekend. Cool morning, cool afternoons, it will stay breezy with some rain just to our south so well be watching all of this as we go into the weekend. Ill have the forecast for the rest of the weekend coming up. Lets look at the roadways this morning. Hey, jessica. What we want to teach you here is not just whats going on in center city, in philadelphia and the surrounding areas but whats going to happen if you live in new jersey here were going to show you. So we do have some closures in new jersey. Minor though. 676 northbound from exit 3 to the ben franklin bridge. Airport circle to the ben franklin bridge. The ben franklin bridge will be closing later on at about 10 p. M. As well as construction. There will be added volume in the area if there are road closures. New Jersey Department of transportation is halting lane restrictions for construc
The major yes, so we prepared you for whats to come in the last few days, now lets prepare you for the weekend. If you are in philadelphia, heres what you need to know. 10 00 p. M. Today the schuylkill expressway eastbound will close, on the westbound side from 95 to route 1, on the vine street expressway, both directions close from 95 to the schuylkill. 30 to belmont avenue t ben franklin bridge will be closed so no access to or from philadelphia or new jersey on the ben franklin bridge. A pedestrian bridge for now. 95 will be open so good news there, well have some select exit ramps closed. Washington avenue, broad street exits will close as well as the traffic box that weve been talking about for weeks, center city will start will begin around 6 p. M. And West Philadelphia it will be 10 p. M. Thanks for that. Pope francis is in new york city where he has a busy and historic day ahead. Hell begin at the United Nations where he will address the General Assembly in spanish and english,
Chris cato. Lets go it bill henley. Temperatures have cooled down under clear skies and the wind finally died county. Trenton, wilmington, millsville. Pottstown is in the low 40s. Low 50s in philadelphia. Those are still falling. We should see them come down before they come back up. Sunny skies, much less win than yesterday. A northnorthwesterly breeze just four miles per hour. And well be in the upper 60s at noontime and 70s later in the afternoon. Lets get a check of traffic. The schuylkill express way is currently clear. If youre going to the Center City Area to the blue root to divine city express way. There are local detours in the area that might tie you up. 19th street between vine street and the Ben Franklin Parkway. If youre headed out the door right now, youre okay. Check out the drive times here. Eastbound is where we typically see the delay right now. When i come back in the next ten minutes well go over mass transit. Breaking news from southwest philadelphia. A violent cr
Tomorrow. Ill let you know what to expect coming up in my next forecast. Right now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. And were on the admiral wilson boulevard right now out in camden, new jersey. They turned the camera, right around 676. So all of these cars in here actually wrapping around and heading to the ben franklin bridge. You can see a little bit of volume start to accumulate. Everything is moving along nicely. No problems getting to the ben. For the rest of the area you have to head over to philadelphia, walt whitman, clear, no problems for the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol. The Ben Franklin Park way inner lanes are closed both directions between eakins oval and 20th street until tuesday, september 29. Well do a check on mass transit in the next 10 minutes. Thank you. Were following breaking news, a woman wakes up to a terrifying scene in her home. Matt delucia is live talking to police. What a nightmare this was for the family. Repo
Youre watching nbc 10s coverage of the pope in philadelphia. God bless america. His first trip to america, pope francis blessing our nation, embracing all who come to see him from washington to new york city, and today he arrives in philadelphia. Good morning, and welcome to nbc 10 news today, im tracy davidson. The wait almost over, three and a half hours from the pope touching down in phillie. People are so excited. A crowded tra eed train pulled the Fort Washington train station with the next headed out at 6 20. Of course; people are trying to get to where they need to be so that they can see pope francis a little bit later today. We have you covered. Heres a live picture from the art museum. The stage is set up, security is set for the world meeting of familys concert. The festival of families on the parkway, thats tonight. This is a live look at eighth and markets streets in philadelphia. In a few hours, the streetings will be packed with pilgrims making their way to see the pope.