PennDot estimates Schuylkill Eastbound near Conshohocken Curve to reopen around 9:00 p.m.

August 2, 2009 The Schuylkill Expressway was closed for between 2-and-a-half and 3 hours late Sunday morning and early Sunday afternoon. Heavy downpours brought a massive amount of rainwater and debris onto the highway, forcing PennDOT to close I-76 in both directions.

SLIDES: The flooded Schuylkill Expressway
VIDEO: Raw video of the highway as it flooded

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The problems started shortly before 11 a.m. when officials first had to close the eastbound lanes, just east of the Conshohocken curve, because rainwater gushing off the mountainside had completely covered that side of the highway.

Then, shortly after 11:15 a.m. the floodwaters began getting through the barrier and started flooding the westbound lanes. By 11:30 a.m., cars were not able to get through that section of the highway in the westbound lanes.

At least one driver heading east and one driver heading west became stuck in the floodwaters on the Schuylkill Expressway, but officials tell Action News there were no injuries.

Easbound I-76 is still closed at this time as PennDOT crews try to clear the road of mud and debris.

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