PennDOT to Replace Route 313 (Dublin Pike) Bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County

PennDOT to Replace Route 313 (Dublin Pike) Bridge over Perkiomen Creek in
Bedminster Township, Bucks County

4/17/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 24, to rehabilitate the

structurally deficient bridge carrying Route 313 (Dublin Pike) over east
branch
of Perkiomen Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The bridge is
expected
to reopen in mid-June.

Over the next eight weeks, crews will replace the bridge deck, beams and
parapets. Built in 1930, the one-span, concrete T-beam bridge is 45 feet
long
and 33 feet wide and carries about 14,182 vehicles a day.

This bridge rehabilitation project was accelerated to maximize a detour
currently in effect for the replacement of the culvert carrying Route 313
(Dublin Pike) over Morris Run between Blue School Road and Route 113
(Bedminster Road) in Hilltown Township. That project is scheduled to finish
in
early June.

During construction on both structures, Route 313 (Dublin Pike) motorists
will
continue to be detoured over Route 563 (Ridge Road), Elephant Road, and
Route
113 (Bedminster Road). Trucks will follow Route 563 (Ridge Road), Route
309,
and Route 113 (Souderton Road).

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area.
Local access will be maintained up to the construction zones.

The replacement of both structures on Route 313 (Dublin Pike) is part of
PennDOT's $6.8 million project to rehabilitate five structurally-deficient
bridges in Bucks and Montgomery counties, three structurally-deficient
culverts
in Bucks County, and to stabilize a stream embankment at a bridge in Bucks
County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this bridge improvement contract that is financed with 100 percent state
funds
through Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those
made
possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department's Four and

Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

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