PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Route 452 Bridge Replacement in Delaware County

PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Route 452 Bridge Replacement
in Delaware County

9/1/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold an open
house
public meeting on Monday, September 12, 2016, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM to
inform
citizens about the upcoming project to replace the Route 452 bridge over
Amtrak
and SEPTA railroad tracks in Marcus Hook Borough and Lower Chichester
Township,
Delaware County.

The public meeting will be held at the Bridge Church, which is located at
1345
Market Street in Linwood. The meeting will feature an open house plans
display
where 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 open construction bids on September 15, 2016, for the
replacement of the structurally-deficient, 17-span reinforced concrete
T-beam
bridge. The current bridge was built in 1926 and reconstructed in 1995. It
is
656 feet long and 32 feet wide. It carries on average 8,700 vehicles a day.

The proposed new four-span, continuous prestressed box beam bridge will be
343
feet long and 40 feet wide. The new bridge will be built on a new alignment

along with the roadway approaches. The roadway will be widened to meet
current
design standards. Crews will also resurface and regrade the new approaches
to
the bridge.

Route 452 (Market Street) will remain open during construction except for
two
separate 28-day closures during later stages of construction. Construction
is
scheduled to finish in September 2019.

Construction will begin late this year with the relocation of the overhead
catenary lines and supports. The contractor will also make off-site repairs
to
a municipal property during the winter months.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.


To view a complete list of District 6 News Releases: Click
http://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-6/Pages/allnews.aspx

To unsubscribe click
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/PennDOT/Districts/d6media.nsf/unsubscribeform?OpenForm