PennDOT Reopens Aston Mills Road Bridge in Aston Township

PennDOT Reopens Aston Mills Road Bridge in Aston Township

2/18/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today opened the
newly
rehabilitated bridge carrying Aston Mills Road over Chester Creek in Aston
Township, Delaware County.

"We are excited to complete the restoration of this former structurally
deficient bridge on Aston Mills Road as this structure now will provide
motorists with a safe and secure crossing over Chester Creek for decades to

come," PennDOT District Executive Kenneth M. McClain said.

PennDOT's contractor began construction last July on the $2 million project
to
restore the structurally deficient Aston Mills Road bridge by replacing the

deck, beams, bearings, parapets, and guiderail; installing new concrete
approach slabs; and reconstructing the roadway approaches to the bridge.

The steel-beam bridge, which was built in 1965, is no longer classified as
structurally deficient following the completion of construction. The
one-span
bridge is 60 feet long and 43 feet wide and carries an average of 6,486
vehicles a day.

The Aston Mills Road bridge was one of two bridges that PennDOT
rehabilitated
under a $6.6 million bridge improvement project. On November 25, 2015,
PennDOT
reopened the bridge carrying Linfield Road over the Schuylkill River in
East
Coventry Township, Chester County, and Limerick Township, Montgomery
County,
following its rehabilitation.

J. D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Pa., was the general contractor on the
project,
which was financed with 100 percent state funds.

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