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

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

8/2/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Daytime lane restrictions are scheduled on northbound and southbound Route
611
(Old York Road) between Jericho Road and Hamilton Avenue in Abington
Township,
Montgomery County, on Monday, August 7, through Friday, August 11, 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 operation 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 fall 2017.

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. Pedestrian traffic
will
be maintained for the duration of construction and local vehicular access
will
be maintained up to the construction area.

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.

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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