PennDOT to Begin Construction on $19.9 Million Project to Replace Route 452 Bridge over Amtrak and SEPTA

PennDOT to Begin Construction on $19.9 Million Project to Replace Route 452
Bridge over Amtrak and SEPTA

1/18/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
preliminary construction will begin Monday, January 23, on a $19.9 million
project to replace the Route 452 bridge over Amtrak and SEPTA railroad
tracks
in Marcus Hook Borough and Lower Chichester Township, Delaware County.

Crews will begin preliminary operations by relocating storm and sanitary
sewer
lines. The contractor will also make off-site repairs to a municipal
parking
lot during the winter months.

PennDOT's contractor will work over the next two and half years to replace
the
structurally-deficient, 17-span reinforced concrete T-beam bridge with a
new
four-span, continuous prestressed box beam bridge. The new bridge will be
343
feet long and 40 feet wide and will be built on a new alignment and widened
to
meet current design standards. Crews will also resurface and regrade new
approaches to the bridge.

The bridge was built in 1925 and rehabilitated in 1995. It is 656 feet long
and
32 feet wide. It carries an average of 8,700 vehicles a day.

Route 452 (Market Street) will remain open during construction except for
two
28-day closures during later stages of construction. The project is
scheduled
to finish in September 2019.

Road-Con, Inc., of West Chester, Chester County, is the general contractor
on
the $19,947,624 project that is financed with 80 percent federal and 20
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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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