PennDOT to Improve Edge Hill Road Bridge over Route 611 in Abington Township, Montgomery County

PennDOT to Improve Edge Hill Road Bridge over Route 611 in Abington
Township, Montgomery County

12/21/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will start major construction

Monday, January 9, on a $3.6 million project to rehabilitate the
structurally
deficient bridge carrying Edge Hill Road over Route 611 (Old York Road) in
Abington Township, Montgomery County.

Due to nature of the bridge repairs and to expedite the project, Edge Hill
Road
will be closed and detoured between Ferndale Avenue and Hamilton Avenue
through
the completion of construction scheduled in late fall 2017.

Edge Hill Road passenger vehicles will be detoured over Susquehanna Road,
Fitzwatertown Road and Old Welsh Road. Trucks will be detoured over
Jenkintown
Road, Fitzwatertown Road and Old Welsh. Pedestrian traffic will be
maintained
for the duration of construction and local vehicular access will be
maintained
up to the construction area.

Construction on the Edge Hill Road bridge will entail replacing the
existing
superstructure which includes the concrete deck slab. Crews will also
repair
the support abutments, install new sidewalks and make repairs to the
existing
pedestrian stairways.

The one-span, structurally-deficient, steel girder bridge was built in
1947. It
is 115 feet long and 37 feet wide. The structure is posted with a weight
limit
of 31 tons and a combination weight limit of 35 tons. The bridge carries an

average of 7,138 vehicles a day.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$3,672,192 project which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

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visiting
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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts
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on the 511PA website.

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