PennDOT to Replace Structurally-Deficient College Avenue Bridge

PennDOT to Replace Structurally-Deficient College Avenue Bridge

11/17/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Tuesday, November 29, on a $5.2 million
project to replace the structurally-deficient College Avenue bridge over
SEPTA
railroad tracks and the adjacent culvert over Cobbs Creek in Haverford
Township, Delaware County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) today announced.

PennDOT's contractor will work over the next year to replace the two-span
concrete encased steel beam bridge with a one-span composite pre-stressed
concrete box beam structure and construct a new precast reinforced concrete

arch culvert. The project is scheduled to finish in November 2017.

The project also includes improvements to the traffic signals at the
intersection of College Avenue and Haverford Road, and the addition of left

turn lanes on College Avenue at this intersection.

During construction, College Avenue will be closed and detoured. Motorists
will
follow Cooperstown Road, Ardmore Avenue and Haverford Avenue to travel
around
the bridge closure.

The new structure over SEPTA tracks will be 42 feet wide and 58 feet long.
It
will have two 11-foot travel lanes and a 10-foot left turn lane. It will
also
have a five-foot shoulder on the west side of the structure and two-foot
shoulder on the east side.

The new concrete arch culvert will be 42 feet wide and 24 feet long. It
will
have two 11-foot travel lanes and a 10-foot painted center gore area. It
will
also feature a five-foot shoulder on the west side of the structure and
two-foot shoulder on the east side.

The existing two-span bridge over SEPTA was built in 1931. It is 42 feet
wide
and 63 feet long. The structure carries an average of 4,637 vehicles a day.
The
one-span concrete arch culvert over Cobbs Creek was built in 1924. It is 30

feet wide and 16 feet long.

Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, Chester County, is the general contractor
on
the $5,240,145 project that 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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