PennDOT to Begin Construction to Rehabilitate State Bridges in Bucks and Montgomery Counties

PennDOT to Begin Construction to Rehabilitate State Bridges in Bucks and
Montgomery Counties

11/4/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
construction is scheduled to begin Monday, November 14, on an $11,766,000
project to replace six structurally deficient culverts in Bucks, Chester
and
Delaware counties, and rehabilitate four structurally deficient bridges in
Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.

The first bridge to move to construction is the Oxford Valley Road bridge
over
U.S. 1 in Langhorne Borough, Bucks County. The bridge will remain open to
traffic while the contractor repairs structural damage to the bridge which
it
sustained when it was struck by an oversized truck on June 29, 2015. Crews
will
replace two steel beams and repair three steel beams. Construction on the
bridge is scheduled to finish in June 2017.

On Monday, November 14, and Tuesday, November 15, crews will work from 9:00
PM
to 5:00 AM the following morning to install concrete barriers on the center
of
the bridge. Repairs will be made under three separate traffic patterns. In
phase one, the center of the bridge will be closed and traffic will shift
to
the far sides of the structure. This pattern will be in place through
February
2017. In phase two, all traffic will run on the south side of the structure

from February through April 2017. In phase three, all traffic will shift to
the
north side of the bridge from April through June 2017.

The three span, steel-I beam bridge was built in 1972. It is 167 feet long
and
90 feet wide. The bridge is not structurally deficient or posted with a
weight
limit. The structure carries 16,000 vehicles a day.

In addition, northbound and southbound U.S. 1 will be closed weeknights at
the
Oxford Valley Road interchange from Wednesday, November 16 through Tuesday,

November 22, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM for the installation of protective
shielding on the Oxford Valley Road overpass. During the road closure, U.S.
1
motorists will exit at Oxford Valley Road and then re-enter the highway at
the
entrance ramps at the interchange.

PennDOT's contractor also will begin work Monday, November 14, on the Route
663
(Layfield Road) bridge over the Perkiomen Creek in Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County. Crews will rehabilitate the five-span structure by
replacing
the bridge deck. The Route 663 (Layfield Road) bridge will be closed and
detoured until August 2017.

The five-span, steel-I beam bridge was built in 1956. It is 198 feet long
and
30 feet wide. The structurally-deficient structure is posted with a 15-ton
weight limit. The bridge carries an average of 9,700 vehicles a day.

During construction, Route 663 (Layfield Road) will be closed between
Kutztown
Road and Schoolhouse Road. The posted detour will take through traffic over

Route 29 (Gravel Pike), Route 100 and Route 73 (Big Road).

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the
construction areas because slowdowns may occur.

Under this project, the contractor also will replace deteriorated culverts
at
the following locations: State Road bridge over a branch of Cooks Creek in
Springfield Township, Bucks County; Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of
Tohickon
Creek, Richland Township, Bucks County; White Horse Road over a branch of
Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County; Route 282 (Creek
Road)
over a branch of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester
County;
Route 82 (Doe Run Road) over a branch of Cooks Creek in East Fallowfield
Township, Chester County; and MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis
Creek in
Glenolden Borough, Delaware County.

In addition, the contract includes concrete and sub-structure repairs on
the
Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run in Upper Oxford Township, Chester
County, and the Torresdale Avenue bridge over Academy Road in Philadelphia.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this bridge improvement contract that is financed with 100 percent state
funds
through Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

All work on the project is expected to be completed in August 2018.

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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