PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Route 926 Bridge Replacement Project in Chester County

PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Route 926 Bridge Replacement
Project in Chester County

3/15/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold an open
house
public meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM for
the
upcoming project to replace the Route 926 (Street Road) bridge over the
Brandywine Creek in Birmingham and Pocopson townships, Chester County.

The public meeting will be held at the Pocopson Elementary School, which is

located at 1105 Pocopson Road in Pocopson Township. The meeting will
feature an
open house plans display, a presentation at 6:30 PM, and a
question-and-answer
session at 7:00 PM. PennDOT project team members will be available to
discuss
the plans with interested citizens.

"We are holding the open house to update and inform citizens in the local
communities on the plan under design to improve the Route 926 crossings
over
the Brandywine Creek and Radley Run, and to provide information on the
recently
completed environmental studies," said PennDOT District Executive Kenneth
M.
McClain.

At the open house, citizens will have the opportunity to circulate among
the
various subject displays to gather information and discuss the different
facets
of the project with PennDOT's project team.

PennDOT plans to improve Route 926 (Street Road) by replacing the
79-year-old
bridge over the Brandywine Creek with a new three-span structure at a
higher
elevation; rebuilding and raising 1,700 feet of the roadway approaches to
make
them less prone to flooding; replacing the nearby culvert over Radley Run;
and
by realigning 800 feet of Creek Road at its northern intersection with
Route
926 (Street Road).

The project is currently in final engineering design and construction is
expected to start in early 2017. Route 926 (Street Road) will be closed and

detoured during construction of the new bridge and culvert.

The existing bridge over the Brandywine Creek was built in 1937 and
rehabilitated in 1974. The four-span, steel I-beam bridge is 190 feet long
and
26 feet wide. The structurally-deficient bridge is posted with a weight
restriction of 26 tons and 33 tons for combination loads. It carries
approximately 13,200 vehicles a day.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

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