PennDOT Reopens Willow Road Bridge in Northampton Township, Bucks County

PennDOT Reopens Willow Road Bridge in Northampton Township, Bucks County

7/7/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today opened the
bridge
carrying Willow Road over Ironworks Creek in Northampton Township, Bucks
County, following a 15-week rehabilitation project.

Crews began work March 28, on the township-owned bridge to rehabilitate the

structure by replacing the bridge deck and beams.

The single-span, prestressed adjacent box beam bridge was built in 1962 and

rehabilitated in 1977. It is 28 feet long and 21 feet wide. It carries 412
vehicles a day. The bridge is posted with an 18-ton weight limit.

The completion of the Willow Road bridge is part of a $2.3 million project
to
rehabilitate five structurally deficient bridges - four township owned and
one
county owned - in Bucks County. This local bridge improvement project was
enabled through Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

The Kansas Road bridge over Little Neshaminy Creek in Warrington Township
reopened on June 9. The county-owned bridge was closed on March 7, 2016,
for
the replacement of its deteriorated deck and beams.

In addition to Kansas Road and Willow Road, PennDOT's contractor is working
to
rehabilitate the Moyer Road bridge over Pleasant Creek in Hilltown
Township.
The project started in late April and is scheduled to be completed by the
end
of July.

PennDOT's contractor will also replace the bridge decks and beams on the
Alden
Avenue bridge over Rock Run in Falls Township and Springfield Street bridge

over SEPTA rail tracks in Springfield Township. The entire project is
expected
to finish by the end of 2016.

H&K Group, Inc., of Skippack, Montgomery County, is the general contractor
on
the $2,353,598 project. The rehabilitation of the five bridges is expected
to
be completed in late 2016. The project is financed with 100 percent state
funds.

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