PennDOT Reopens Terwood Road Bridge over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland Township

PennDOT Reopens Terwood Road Bridge over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland
Township

8/1/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The bridge carrying Terwood Road over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland
Township, Montgomery County, reopened this morning, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

PennDOT's contractor worked over the last month to rehabilitate the bridge
by
repairing the existing concrete bridge deck; applying a latex modified
concrete
overlay; replacing the existing bridge barriers with new vertical wall
barriers; installing new approach guiderail; and making additional safety
improvements.

Built in 1966, the single-span reinforced concrete slab bridge is 26 feet
long
and 52 feet wide. The structure carries an average of 16,200 vehicles a
day.
Following its rehabilitation, the bridge is no longer categorized as
structurally deficient.

The Terwood Road bridge over Pennypack Creek is the second structure to be
completed under PennDOT's $5,505,505 million project to rehabilitate 10
structurally deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties.

Two other bridges are currently under construction, including the bridge
carrying U.S. 1 over Church Road in New Garden Township, Chester County,
and
the bridge carrying University Road over U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township,
Chester County.

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 with 100 percent state funds through Act 89,
Pennsylvania'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.

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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