PennDOT Resurfaced Nearly 200 Miles of State Highway in Philadelphia Region in 2016

PennDOT Resurfaced Nearly 200 Miles of State Highway in Philadelphia Region
in 2016

12/22/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Nearly 200 miles of state highway in the five-county Philadelphia region
were
resurfaced in 2016 as part of an aggressive program to repair deteriorated
pavements and provide drivers with smoother roads, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

"PennDOT crews and contractors deserve a tremendous amount of credit for
the
amount of highway miles they sealed and repaired over the last year to
provide
drivers with more reliable and safer riding surfaces," said PennDOT
District
Executive Kenneth M. McClain.

PennDOT paved 194 miles of state highway this year in Bucks, Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, primarily under 25 state paving
contracts
totaling $55 million. Twelve of the resurfacing contracts were financed
with
state funds from Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

PennDOT maintenance crews also performed crack sealing on 1,150 miles of
state
highways in the Philadelphia region in 2016. "Crack sealing is one of our
top
maintenance strategies to prevent premature deterioration of the roadway
and
extend the life of asphalt surfaces by restricting water penetration into
underlying base and sub-base layers," said McClain. Crews performed a
considerable amount of crack sealing operations during overnight hours to
improve efficiency and reduce traffic impacts for motorists.

In addition, PennDOT crews and private contractors placed 35,114 tons of
asphalt patching material on state highways in the Philadelphia region this

year to repair pavements that absorbed structural damage following the
winter
of 2015-16. Crews performed manual patching, spray patching, and milling
and
paving.

PennDOT is currently developing its 2017 resurfacing program in the
Philadelphia region, which will begin in April when temperature are warm
enough
for paving activities.

In addition to resurfacing projects, PennDOT completed major construction
on
the following highway improvement projects in 2016:

• $63 million project to reconstruct and widen 2.5 miles of U.S. 202 to six

lanes between the Route 401 and U.S. 30 interchanges in East Whiteland
Township, Chester County, which completed the expansion of 6.5 miles of
U.S.
202 to six lanes in East Whiteland and Tredyffrin townships;

• $36.5 million project to reconstruct 4.3 miles of U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike)
between Route 413 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township, Bucks
County;

• $11 million project to realign and widen U.S. 202 from East State Street
to
just north of Route 313 (Swamp Road) in Doylestown Borough and Buckingham
and
Doylestown townships, Bucks County; and

• $5 million project to widen Route 252 (Providence Road) between Palmers
Mill
Road and Kirk Lane in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County.

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.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are the state highways in PennDOT Engineering
District 6 that were resurfaced in 2016.

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Bucks County

• U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) in Bensalem Township;
• Route 132 (Street Road) in Upper Southhampton, Lower Southhampton,
Warrington, and Warminster townships, 2.5 miles;
• Route 212 in Quakertown Borough and Richland, Springfield and Durham
townships;
• Route 263 (Upper York Road) in Buckingham and Solebury townships;
• Route 313 (Broad Street) in Quakertown Borough and Richland Township;
• Route 663 (John Fries Highway) in Quakertown Borough;
• Sawmill Road and Deerwood Lane/Stoney Garden Road/Gallows Hill Road in
Springfield, Nockamixon, Haycock and Durham townships;
• Mill Road and Portzer Road in Quakertown Borough and Richland Township;
• Sawmill Road in Haycock Township;
• Richlieu Road in Bensalem Township;
• County Line Road in Warminster, Lower Southhampton and Upper Southhampton

townships;
• Finland Road in West Rockhill and Milford townships;
• Durham Road in Springfield Townships and Richlandtown and Quakertown
boroughs;
• Tunnel Road in Perkasie Borough; and
• Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne Borough.

Chester County

• U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) in Kennett and East Marlborough townships;
• U.S. 1 in East Nottingham, Lower Oxford and Upper Oxford townships, and
Oxford Borough;
• Route 10 in West Fallowfield, Highland and Sadsbury townships and
Parkesburg
Borough;
• Route 10 in Lower Oxford Township;
• Route 113 (Black Rock Road) in Phoenixville Borough and Schuylkill
Township;
• Route 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike) in West Caln Township;
• Route 472 (Lancaster Avenue) in Lower Oxford Township;
• Route 724 (Schuylkill Road) in North Coventry Township;
• Conestoga Road in West Nantmeal Township;
• Waterloo Avenue in Easttown Township;
• Newark Road in New Garden Township; and
• Diamond Rock Road in Tredyffrin Township.

Delaware County

• U.S. 13 in Yeadon Borough and Upper Darby Township;
• Route 320 (Chester Road) in Swarthmore Borough;
• Route 452 (Pennell Road) in Aston Township;
• MacDade Boulevard in Collingdale and Glenolden boroughs;
• Upland Avenue/22nd Street in Upland Borough and City of Chester;
• Baltimore Pike in Lansdowne Borough and Upper Darby Township;
• Godfrey Road in Radnor Township;
• Radnor Chester Road in Radnor Township;
• Gradyville Road in Newtown and Edgmont townships;
• Church Road in Radnor and Newtown townships;
• Delchester Road in Edgmont Towsnhip;
• Mill Road in Concord and Thornbury townships;
• Kirk Lane in Upper Providence Township;
• Rose Tree Road in Upper Providence Township;
• Ridley Avenue in Prospect Park and Ridley Park boroughs;
• MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township; and
• Stoney Bank Road in Chester Heights Borough and Thornbury Township.

Montgomery County

• Route 23 (Conshohocken State Road) in West Conshohocken Borough and Lower

Merion Township;
• Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Worcester Township;
• Route 100 in Upper Pottsgrove and Douglass townships;
• Route 152 (Limekiln Pike) in Montgomery and Horsham
townships;
• U.S. 202 (DeKalb Pike) in Lower Gwynedd and Whitpain townships;
• Route 309 ramp at I-276 in Upper Dublin Township;
• U.S. 422 in Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove townships;
• U.S. 422 and Grosstown Road in West Pottsgrove Township;
• County Line Road in Hatboro Borough, Upper Moreland, Lower Moreland and
Horsham townships;
• Hollow Road in Lower Merion Township;
• Manayunk Road in Lower Merion Township;
• North Wales Road in North Wales Borough and Upper Gwynedd Township;
• High Street in West Pottsgrove Township;
• Fox Chase Road in Rockledge Borough;
• Norristown Road in Lower Gwynedd Township;
• Washington Lane in Lower Moreland Township;
• Edge Hill Road in Upper Moreland Township;
• Joshua Road in Whitemarsh Township; and
• Germantown Pike in Plymouth Township.

Philadelphia

• 33rd Street;
• City Hall Square;
• Broad Street (Route 611);
• Stenton Avenue;
• University Avenue Ramps;
• Haverford Avenue;
• Hunting Park Avenue;
• Robbins Avenue;
• Frankford Avenue;
• Delaware Avenue;
• Civic Center Boulevard;
• Lancaster Avenue/34th Street; and
• Ben Franklin Parkway.

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