PennDOT Opens University Road Bridge over U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County

PennDOT Opens University Road Bridge over U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township,
Chester County

8/31/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the
bridge carrying University Road over U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township,
Chester
County, reopened today.

PennDOT's contractor worked over the last month to rehabilitate the bridge
by
repairing the existing concrete bridge deck using hydro demolition;
applying a
latex modified concrete overlay; resealing existing deck joints; and
performing
minor repairs to the beams and substructure. Following its rehabilitation,
the
bridge is no longer categorized as structurally deficient.

Additional work will require weekday right lane closures on northbound and
southbound U.S. 1 between the Route 10 (Limestone Road) and Route 896
(Newark
Road) interchanges in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, beginning
Tuesday,
September 5, from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This weekday restriction will be in
effect through the end of September.

Built in 1968, the four-span pre-stressed concrete-I beam bridge is 188
feet
long and 37 feet wide. The structure carries an average of 605 vehicles a
day.
Following its rehabilitation, the bridge is no longer categorized as
structurally deficient.

The University Road bridge over U.S. 1 is the third structure to be
completed
under PennDOT's $5,505,505 million project to rehabilitate 10 structurally
deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties.

The Spring Garden Street bridge over Interstate 76 in West Conshohocken
Borough, Montgomery County, and the Terwood Road bridge over Pennypack
Creek in
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, were the first two structures
to be
completed under this project.

The bridge carrying U.S. 1 over Church Road in New Garden Township, Chester

County, is currently under construction.

The other six bridges included in this rehabilitation project include:

• Thatcher Road over Tohickon Creek in Richland Township, Bucks County;
• Thatcher Road over Dimple Creek in Haycock Township, Bucks County;
• Township Road over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County;
• Cowpath Road over Perkiomen Creek in Salford and Franconia townships,
Montgomery County;
• Gypsy Lane over I-76 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County; and
• Farmington Avenue over Route 100 in Upper Pottsgrove, Montgomery County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
the project which is financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in October 2019.

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.

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access
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on the 511PA website.

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