Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge on Passyunk Avenue to Close this Weekend in Philadelphia for Bridge Rehabilitation

Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge on Passyunk Avenue to Close
this Weekend in Philadelphia for Bridge Rehabilitation

8/4/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Passyunk Avenue will be closed and detoured between 61st Street and 28th
Street
in Philadelphia from 12:00 AM Saturday, August 6, to 12:00 PM Sunday,
August 7,
for drawbridge repairs on the Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge

over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) today announced.

During the weekend operation, westbound Passyunk Avenue through traffic
will be
detoured over 26th Street, Route 291 (Penrose Avenue/Island Avenue),
Bartram
Avenue, and Essington Avenue. Eastbound Passyunk Avenue drivers will be
detoured over Island Avenue, Route 291 (Penrose Avenue/Island Avenue),
Interstate 76 east, Broad Street (Route 611) and I-76 west to the Passyunk
Avenue exit.

This operation is part of PennDOT's two-year, $33.5 million project to
rehabilitate and improve the 18-span structure.

PennDOT is rehabilitating the 33-year-old bridge to enhance the
drawbridge's
mechanical operation and structural condition. The contractor is upgrading
the
drawbridge by rehabilitating the motors, brakes, locks and gears, and
upgrading the electrical system, traffic control systems and gates. The
project also includes repairing and painting structural steel, replacing
deteriorated concrete, overlaying the bridge deck with latex concrete,
replacing expansion joints, resetting rocker bearings, repairing pedestrian

railings, and cleaning and repairing drainage systems.

Built in 1983, the steel-girder bridge includes a one-span drawbridge
section.
The bridge is 2,240 feet long and 92 feet wide. It carries an average of
20,800
vehicles a day.

Buckley and Company Inc., of Philadelphia, is the general contractor on the

$33,527,470 project. Construction is expected to finish in late 2018. The
project is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state funds.

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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