PennDOT to Improve Route 29 (Gravel Pike) Bridge over Swamp Creek in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County

PennDOT to Improve Route 29 (Gravel Pike) Bridge over Swamp Creek in Lower
Frederick Township, Montgomery County

4/26/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start
construction
Monday, May 2, on a $200,000 project to rehabilitate the structurally
deficient
bridge carrying Route 29 (Gravel Pike) over Swamp Creek in Lower Frederick
Township, Montgomery County. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in late
October
2016.

Crews will work the next six months to restore the structurally deficient
Route
29 bridge by repairing the steel beams and rehabilitating the
superstructure.
Once completed, the bridge will no longer be categorized as structurally
deficient.

During construction, traffic on Route 29 (Gravel Pike) will be restricted
to a
single lane between Meng Road and Zieglerville Road. Traffic will be
controlled
by temporary traffic signals at either end of the bridge. Motorists are
advised
to allow extra time when traveling over the bridge.

The three-span steel beam bridge was built in 1947. The bridge is 192 feet
long, 38 feet wide and carries an average of 12,138 vehicles a day.

The Route 29 bridge is one of three bridges that PennDOT will repair under
a
$6,637,980 bridge improvement project. On February 18, 2016, PennDOT opened
the
newly rehabilitated bridge carrying Aston Mills Road over Chester Creek in
Aston Township, Delaware County, and 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., is the general contractor on the
project,
which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

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visiting
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