U.S. 1 to Close Overnights Next Week for Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation in Bucks County

U.S. 1 to Close Overnights Next Week for Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation in
Bucks County

4/12/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that
northbound and southbound U.S. 1 is scheduled to close at the Oxford Valley

Road Interchange in Falls and Lower Makefield townships, Bucks County, from

Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, for
the
rehabilitation of the structurally deficient Oxford Valley Road overpass.
During construction, U.S. 1 motorists will exit at Oxford Valley Road and
then
re-enter the highway at the entrance ramps at the interchange.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the
construction area because slowdowns may occur. The work schedule is weather

dependent.

Crews began construction on November 14, 2016, to rehabilitate the Oxford
Valley Road bridge over U.S. 1. The bridge remains open to traffic while
the
contractor repairs structural damage sustained when the bridge was struck
by an
oversized truck on June 29, 2015. Crews will replace two steel beams and
repair
three steel beams. Construction on the bridge is scheduled to finish in
June
2017.

The three-span, steel-I beam bridge was built in 1972. It is 167 feet long
and
90 feet wide. The structure carries 31,000 vehicles a day.

The work is part of PennDOT's $11,766,000 project to replace six
structurally
deficient culverts in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties, and
rehabilitate
four structurally deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and
Philadelphia counties.

On Friday, March 24, the Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run in Upper
Oxford Township, Chester County, was the first of four bridges to be
completed
and reopened under the project.

The contractor also will replace deteriorated culverts at the following
locations: State Road bridge over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield
Township, Bucks County; Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek,
Richland Township, Bucks County; White Horse Road over a branch of
Pickering
Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County; Route 282 (Creek Road) over a

branch of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County;
Route
82 (Doe Run Road) in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County; and MacDade

Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough, Delaware
County.

PennDOT is also currently rehabilitating the Route 663 (Layfield Road)
bridge
over the Perkiomen Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, and
the
Torresdale Avenue bridge over Academy Road in Philadelphia.

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

All work on the project is expected to be completed in August 2018.

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.

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 825 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.

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