Route 611 (Old York Road) Daytime Restrictions Scheduled for Overhead Bridge Work in Abington Township

Route 611 (Old York Road) Daytime Restrictions Scheduled for Overhead
Bridge Work in Abington Township

6/21/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Daytime lane restrictions are scheduled next week on northbound and
southbound
Route 611 (Old York Road) between Jericho Road and Hamilton Avenue in
Abington
Township, Montgomery County, on Monday, June 26, through Thursday, June 29,

from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for overhead bridge work, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
area.
The schedule is weather dependent.

The work is part of a $3.6 million project to rehabilitate the structurally

deficient bridge carrying Edge Hill Road over Route 611 (Old York Road).
Due to
nature of the bridge repairs and to expedite the project, Edge Hill Road
has
been closed and detoured between Ferndale Avenue and Hamilton Avenue
through
the completion of construction scheduled in September.

Edge Hill Road passenger vehicles are being detoured over Susquehanna Road,

Fitzwatertown Road and Old Welsh Road. Trucks are being directed over
Jenkintown Road, Fitzwatertown Road and Old Welsh Road.

Construction on the Edge Hill Road bridge will entail replacing the
existing
superstructure which includes the concrete deck slab. Crews will also
repair
the support abutments, install new sidewalks and make repairs to the
existing
pedestrian stairways.

The one-span, structurally-deficient, steel girder bridge was built in
1947. It
is 115 feet long and 37 feet wide. The structure is posted with a weight
limit
of 31 tons and a combination weight limit of 35 tons. The bridge carries an

average of 7,138 vehicles a day.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$3,672,192 project which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

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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visiting
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to more than 825 traffic cameras.

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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
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on the 511PA website.

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