PennDOT Reopens Newly Rehabilitated Route 73 Bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County

PennDOT Reopens Newly Rehabilitated Route 73 Bridge over Perkiomen Creek in
Montgomery County

11/18/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today reopened the
bridge carrying Route 73 (Skippack Pike) over Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen
and
Skippack townships, and Schwenksville Borough, Montgomery County.
Construction
on the $1.1 million project was completed a month ahead of schedule.

PennDOT's contractor rehabilitated the formerly structurally deficient
bridge
by replacing the deteriorated concrete beams and bridge deck, and repairing
the
support abutments and drainage system. The roadway approaches to the bridge

were also resurfaced.

The Route 73 (Skippack Pike) bridge was built in 1924. The three-span
bridge is
165 feet long, 32 feet wide and carries an average of 12,742 vehicles a
day.

The bridge is one of eight bridges in Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,555,555 project
financed by Pennsylvania's transportation funding plan, Act 89.

PennDOT has completed the rehabilitations of the U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike)
bridge
over Martins Creek in Falls Township, Bucks County; Chinquapin Road bridge
over
Iron Works Creek in Northampton Township, Bucks County; Dark Hollow Road
bridge
over Tohickon Creek in Tinicum Township, Bucks County; and the Route 32
(South
Main Street) bridge over Aquetong Creek in New Hope Borough, Bucks County.

The three remaining bridges that will be repaired under this contract are:

• Bryn Mawr Avenue bridge over Ithan Creek in Radnor Township, Delaware
County;
• New Second Street bridge over Tacony Creek in Cheltenham Township,
Montgomery
County; and
• Route 611 (Broad Street) bridge over U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Extension) in
Philadelphia.

The entire project is expected to be completed by fall 2017.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
the project, which is financed with 100 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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