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Councilman Johnson, streets department to meet with CSX over deteriorating 25th Street Viaduct
The structure has remained an eyesore for far too long, and residents are sick and tired of it.
The 25th Street Viaduct. | Photo taken from Google Maps.
It was way back in April of 2015 when CSX Transportation and Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson first announced the restoration of the 25th Street Viaduct. The restoration of the elevated train line, which hovers above 25th Street in South Philly, was supposed to happen in phases and be completed by 2020. But as you may have heard, it is now 2021, and only the first phase of the project – which was to install protective netting underneath the bridge to prevent slabs of concrete from falling on cars and pedestrians below – has been completed. Phase two, which was to repair and replace the drainage system, was slated to start in 2016, but has yet to begin. As a result, the structure has remained an eyesore. And res