PennDOT Awards Contract to Improve and Widen Western Section of U.S. 322 (Conchester Highway) in Delaware County

PennDOT Awards Contract to Improve and Widen Western Section of U.S. 322
(Conchester Highway) in Delaware County

3/6/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has awarded a
$62,644,459 contract to J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, to
reconstruct, widen and upgrade traffic signals on 2.5 miles of U.S. 322
(Conchester Highway) from U.S 1 (Baltimore Pike) to just east of Featherbed

Lane/Mattson Road near Clayton Park in Concord Township, Delaware County.
Construction is scheduled to begin later this month.

This is the first of two mainline PennDOT construction projects to improve
travel and safety on a 6.7-mile section of U.S. 322 between U.S. 1
(Baltimore
Pike) and just east of Route 452 (Market Street) in Concord, Bethel and
Upper
Chichester townships. PennDOT will improve U.S. 322 by reconstructing and
widening the highway from two lanes to four lanes with a grass median
separating the eastbound and westbound travel lanes.

The scope of work on the first section, or western section, includes:

• Reconstructing, widening and upgrading five intersections to provide four

through lanes and turn lanes on U.S. 322 at Evergreen Drive, Fellowship
Drive/Station Road, Cambridge Drive, Featherbed Lane/Mattson Road and
Clayton
Park Drive;
• Upgrading traffic signals on U.S. 322 at U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike),
Evergreen
Drive, Fellowship Drive/Station Road and Featherbed Lane/Mattson Road;
• Eliminating through and left turn movements on Spring Valley Road, Merion

Drive, Cambridge Drive, Station Road and Clayton Park Drive; and
• Installing three dynamic message signs, six closed circuit TV cameras,
and
Bluetooth tag readers to optimize traffic flow.

In addition, the bridge carrying U.S. 322 over SEPTA/Webb Creek and the
bridge
over Smith Bridge Road will be replaced. Five retaining walls and a sound
barrier will also be constructed in this section.

During construction, U.S. 322 between U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) and Clayton
Park
Drive will remain open to one lane of traffic in each direction, however,
there
will be periodic stoppages scheduled to move equipment.

This project, which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent
state
funds, is scheduled to be completed in fall 2020.

With construction scheduled to begin on the western section of U.S. 322,
engineering design is advancing for the widening and reconstruction of the
eastern section of the highway from Featherbed Lane/Mattson Road to just
east
of Route 452 (Market Street). Construction on this section is expected to
start
in 2019.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
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