Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge on Passyunk Avenue to Close in Philadelphia for Bridge Rehabilitation

Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge on Passyunk Avenue to Close
in Philadelphia for Bridge Rehabilitation

6/27/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Passyunk Avenue will be closed and detoured between 61st Street and 28th
Street
in Philadelphia from 7:00 PM Friday, July 14, to 5:00 AM Monday, July 17,
for
drawbridge repairs on the Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge
over
the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the weekend operation, westbound Passyunk Avenue through traffic
will be
detoured over 26th Street, Route 291 (Penrose Avenue/Island Avenue),
Bartram
Avenue, and Essington Avenue. Eastbound Passyunk Avenue drivers will be
detoured over Island Avenue, Route 291 (Penrose Avenue/Island Avenue),
Interstate 76 east, Broad Street (Route 611) and I-76 west to the Passyunk
Avenue exit.

This operation is part of PennDOT's two-year, $33.5 million project to
rehabilitate and improve the 18-span structure by enhancing the
drawbridge's
mechanical operation and structural condition. The contractor is upgrading
the
drawbridge by rehabilitating the motors, brakes, locks and gears; upgrading
the
electrical system, traffic control systems and gates; repairing and
painting
structural steel; replacing deteriorated concrete; overlaying the bridge
deck
with latex concrete; replacing expansion joints; resetting rocker bearings;

repairing pedestrian railings; and cleaning and repairing drainage systems.

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

Built in 1983, the steel-girder bridge is 2,240 feet long and 92 feet wide.
The
structure carries an average of 20,800 vehicles a day.

Buckley and Company Inc., of Philadelphia, is the general contractor on the

project which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state
funds.

A list of weekly road restrictions and PennDOT maintenance operations in
the
five-county Philadelphia region is available by visiting the District 6
Traffic
Bulletin at www.penndot.gov/District6.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT
information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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