Route 32 (River Road) to Close for Three-Weeks in Tinicum and Plumstead Townships for Bridge Construction

Route 32 (River Road) to Close for Three-Weeks in Tinicum and Plumstead
Townships for Bridge Construction

3/28/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Route 32 (River Road) will be closed and detoured between Walters Lane and
Point Pleasant Pike in Tinicum and Plumstead townships, Bucks County, from
Monday, April 4, through Monday, April 25, for the removal of the temporary

bridge at Point Pleasant, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) said today.

The three-week closure of Route 32 (River Road) is required to allow
construction crews to safely remove the temporary bridge that was built to
carry vehicles while a new concrete arch bridge was constructed over the
Tohickon Creek. The contractor will also remove the construction platform
and
resurface the roadway approaches to the new bridge.

During the operation, passenger cars using Route 32 will be detoured over
Point
Pleasant Pike, Route 413 (Durham Road), and Dark Hollow Road. Local access
will
be maintained up to the construction zone on either side of the bridge.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area.
The
contractor's schedule is dependent on the weather.

A truck detour around the Route 32 (River Road) bridge construction remains
in
place. This detour, which was instituted February, 2015, takes large trucks

over U.S. 202 and Route 611. The implementation of the truck detour was
necessitated due to the alignment of the road and the temporary bridge.

Following this temporary closure, Route 32 (River Road) will reopen and
motorists will travel on the newly constructed bridge.

Construction began in December 2013 to replace the former two-span,
reinforced
concrete-arch bridge on Route 32 (River Road) with a new two-span, precast,

concrete-arch structure. The new bridge is adorned with an aesthetic stone
finish on the support abutments and wing walls. It is 160 feet long and 37

feet wide. It has two 11-foot travel lanes, a six-foot-wide sidewalk
adjacent
to the northbound travel lane, and three-foot shoulders.

The former bridge was built in 1922. It was 156 feet long, 27 feet wide,
and a
contributing resource to the Point Pleasant Historic District.

Loftus Construction, Inc., of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
the $5,970,000 project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds. The

project is expected to be completed in late May.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including

color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 700
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.

Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.dot.state.pa.us.

Media contact: Charles Metzger, 610-205-6801

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