U.S. 1 North Lane Closures Scheduled Next Week for Signal Work in Pocopson Township, Chester County

U.S. 1 North Lane Closures Scheduled Next Week for Signal Work in Pocopson
Township, Chester County

7/13/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Single lane closures are scheduled on northbound U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) at

Route 52 (Lenape Road) on Monday, July 17, through Friday, July 21, from
9:00
AM to 3:00 PM, for signal work related to an $8.8 million project to
replace
the structurally-deficient Route 926 (Street Road) bridge over the
Brandywine
Creek in Birmingham and Pocopson townships, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The new bridge is scheduled to
reopen
by September 1, 2017.

Motorists are advised to allow additional time when traveling through the
work
zone. The contractor's schedule is dependent on the weather.

PennDOT is improving Route 926 (Street Road) by replacing the 79-year-old
bridge with a new three-span structure built at a higher elevation;
rebuilding
and raising 1,700 feet of the roadway approaches to make them less prone to

flooding; replacing the nearby culvert over Radley Run with an 84-foot twin

arch concrete culvert; and realigning 800 feet of Creek Road at its
northern
intersection with Route 926 (Street Road).

The new, aesthetically-designed bridge will be built to resemble the
current
structure and have stone form liners covering the piers so they resemble
the
existing piers. The new structure also will include an open, higher
railing.

Following the reopening of Route 926 (Street Road), there will be one
weekend
in spring 2018 when Route 926 (Street Road) will close for the final
resurfacing of the new bridge and culvert.

The existing four-span bridge was built in 1937 and rehabilitated in 1974.
The
steel I-beam structure is 190 feet long and 26 feet wide. The bridge, which
is
posted with a weight restriction of 26 tons and 33 tons for combination
loads,
carries approximately 13,200 vehicles a day.

Clearwater Construction Inc., of Mercer, Pa., is the general contractor on
the
$8,614,000 project financed with 100 percent state 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.

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.

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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