PennDOT Wins 2017 Transportation Award for New Sullivan’s Trail Bridge in Valley Forge National Historical Park

PennDOT Wins 2017 Transportation Award for New Sullivan's Trail Bridge in
Valley Forge National Historical Park

4/4/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is the winner of
the
2017 Transportation Award from the King of Prussia District (KOP-BID) for
Sullivan's Bridge – the new, four-span, bicycle and pedestrian trail bridge

spanning the Schuylkill River in Valley Forge National Historical Park
(VFNHP).

"We are honored to receive this distinguished award recognizing the new
multi-use Sullivan's Trail Bridge and its versatile enhancement to Valley
Forge
National Historical Park and the region's Circuit Trail network," PennDOT
District 6 Executive Kenneth M. McClain said.

The National Park Service (NPS), a key stakeholder and owner of Sullivan's
Bridge, was also recognized with an award for the project.

Named for Major General John Sullivan, the officer who was charged by
General
George Washington with building a bridge across the Schuylkill River during
the
1777-78 Valley Forge winter encampment of the Continental Army, the
concrete,
bicycle-and-pedestrian-trail bridge is 14 feet wide and 604 feet long. The
bridge features an observation area where trail users can stop midway to
view
the Schuylkill River and VFNHP. Construction began in March 2014 and was
completed in August 2016.

"The addition of Sullivan's Bridge provides residents, employees and
visitors
of Valley Forge/King of Prussia with safe recreational opportunities that
can
be utilized year-round," said King of Prussia District Executive Director
Eric
Goldstein.

Engineering design of the Sullivan's Bridge project was managed under a
local
agreement between PennDOT and the Upper Merion Transportation Authority, in

close coordination with Upper Merion Township, West Norriton Township and
the
National Park Service.

PennDOT will transfer ownership of the right-of-way and bridges built under

this project to Upper Merion Township and West Norriton Township. Under a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the National Park Service will own and
maintain
Sullivan's Bridge and the adjacent bridge over Norfolk Southern railroad
tracks. West Norriton Township will own South Trooper Road where it's open
to
vehicular traffic north of the Schuylkill River and the South Trooper Road
bridge over the Schuylkill River Trail.

Sullivan's Bridge is part of the Schuylkill River Crossing Complex of
transportation improvement projects that are designed to enhance
multi-modal
travel on U.S. 422 between the Route 363 (Trooper Road) and Route 23
(Valley
Forge Road) interchanges. In addition to Sullivan's Bridge, the
improvements
include the $97 million project currently under construction to rebuild
U.S.
422 between the two interchanges and build new, wider bridges over the
Schuylkill River, Schuylkill River Trail, South Trooper Road and Norfolk
Southern railroad tracks; the recent opening of two additional ramps built
to
complete the U.S. 422/Route 363 (Trooper Road) Interchange; and the
relocation
of North Gulph Road at Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) in VFNHP, which is
expected
to move to construction in 2019.

For more details on improvements being made along the U.S. 422 Corridor,
visit
www.422improvements.com.

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