Cheltenham Township announced that a traffic detour on Church Road (Route 73) and Greenwood Avenue will take place beginning in early- to mid-September until the end of 2026:

• Vehicles traveling west on Church Road or south on Greenwood Avenue will be detoured via Township Line Road, Washington Lane, 309, and Easton Road.
• Church Road will be open for eastbound traffic between Rices Mill Road and Washington Lane. Greenwood Avenue will be open for northbound traffic between 309 and Township Line Road.

From PennDOT’s announcement:

This project is located in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, and involves improvements to improve traffic flow and safety on Route 73 (Church Road) at its intersections with Greenwood Avenue and Rices Mill Road. Proposed project improvements include roadway widening to support left turn lanes along Church Road at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue. 

The horizontal curvature along Church Road will also be made less severe to improve visibility and sight distance near the intersection. Coordination with Cheltenham Township has added a sidewalk to the project to provide pedestrian access from the adjacent homes and from Wyncote Elementary School to Curtis Arboretum. Additional project improvements include traffic signal replacements, ADA ramps, and new pedestrian crosswalks, the installation of a new drainage pipe and stormwater management system, the replanting of trees within Curtis Arboretum, and the reconstruction of stone walls which will be impacted by the project.

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