PennDOT to Rehabilitate Eight Bridges over I-95 in the City of Chester, Delaware County

PennDOT to Rehabilitate Eight Bridges over I-95 in the City of Chester,
Delaware County

2/28/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start
construction
Tuesday, March 14, on a $16.6 million project to rehabilitate eight bridges

over Interstate 95 and CSX Railroad in the City of Chester, Delaware
County,
plus improvements on Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue in the city. The
project
is scheduled to be completed in November 2018.

Construction on the first bridge over I-95 will begin Tuesday, March 14,
with
the rehabilitation of the Crosby Street pedestrian bridge. Due to nature of
the
bridge repairs, Crosby Street will be closed to pedestrians between 12th
Street
and 13th Street for the duration of construction which is scheduled to
finish
in mid-October 2017. Pedestrians will be directed to use the Edgmont Avenue

bridge to cross over I-95.

In addition to rehabilitating the Crosby Street bridge, PennDOT will
rehabilitate and improve the multi-span, steel girder bridges on Potter
Street,
Madison Street, Upland Street, Melrose Avenue, Chestnut Street, Edgmont
Avenue,
and the Walnut Street pedestrian structure. The contractor will also
improve
the I-95 south exit ramp at Chestnut Street.

The contractor will repair the concrete bridge decks on seven structures
and
replace the concrete deck on the Potter Street bridge. Crews will also
place a
new concrete overlay on the bridges; repair piers and support abutments;
replace fencing on the bridge parapets; repair curbs and sidewalks; install
new
expansion joints; paint structural steel; reset bridge bearings; clean
bridge
drainage systems; repair existing lights; and perform other miscellaneous
repairs.

PennDOT owns the Edgmont Avenue and Madison Avenue bridges, and the City of

Chester owns the remaining six structures.

Each bridge will close during construction as will the I-95 south exit ramp
at
Chestnut Street when construction begins on that section. The department
will
not permit the contractor to close certain bridges simultaneously, and it
will
post detours to move motorists and pedestrians around the closed spans.
Depending on the bridge under construction, lane restrictions will occur on

I-95 weeknights from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, and on
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning.

In addition to the bridge and ramp improvements, crews will repair Chestnut

Street and Morton Avenue from 12th Street to 4th Street. The plan is to
reconstruct curbs and sidewalks; mill and resurface the streets; install a
new
traffic signal at Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue; and upgrade the
traffic
signal at Morton Avenue and 7th Street. The contractor will reconstruct
Morton
Avenue from 7th Street to 4th Street to lower the road under the Amtrak
overpass to increase vertical clearance from 12 feet 9 inches to 13 feet 9
inches.

South State, Inc. of Bridgeton, N.J. is the general contractor on the
$16,668,238 project which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

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