U.S. 1 and Oxford Valley Road Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week for Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation in Bucks County

U.S. 1 and Oxford Valley Road Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week for
Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation in Bucks County

8/10/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that
northbound and southbound U.S. 1 is scheduled to close at the Oxford Valley

Road Interchange in Falls, Lower Makefield and Middletown townships, Bucks
County, from Sunday, August 13, through Friday, August 18, from 9:00 PM to
6:00
AM, for the removal of shielding and scaffolding as part of the
rehabilitation
of the structurally-deficient Oxford Valley Road overpass. During
construction,
U.S. 1 motorists will exit at Oxford Valley Road and then re-enter the
highway
at the entrance ramps at the interchange.

In addition, motorists will encounter nighttime lane closures in both
directions on Oxford Valley Road between Cabot Boulevard and Big Oak Road
in
Falls and Lower Makefield townships, on Wednesday, August 16, through
Friday,
August 18, from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, for the removal of concrete barriers
and
painting of new traffic lines in preparation for the opening of all travel
lanes.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through these work

zones because slowdowns will occur. The work schedule is weather dependent.

Crews began construction on November 14, 2016, to rehabilitate the Oxford
Valley Road bridge. The structure remains open to traffic while the
contractor
repairs damage sustained when the bridge was struck by an oversized truck
on
June 29, 2015. Crews are replacing two steel beams and repairing three
additional beams. Construction on the bridge is scheduled to finish later
this
month.

The three-span, steel-I beam bridge was built in 1972. It is 167 feet long
and
90 feet wide. The structure carries 31,000 vehicles a day.

The work is part of PennDOT's $11,766,000 project to rehabilitate four
structurally deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and
Philadelphia
counties, and replace six structurally deficient culverts in Bucks, Chester
and
Delaware counties.

On June 30, PennDOT reopened the culvert carrying Route 82 (Doe Run Road)
over
a branch of Sucker Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County.
PennDOT
also recently completed and reopened the bridge carrying Torresdale Avenue
over
Academy Road in Philadelphia; the Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run
in
Upper Oxford Township, Chester County; and the Route 663 (Layfield Road)
bridge
over Perkiomen Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.

PennDOT's contractor also will replace deteriorated culverts at the
following
locations: State Road bridge over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield
Township, Bucks County; Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek,
Richland Township, Bucks County; White Horse Road over a branch of
Pickering
Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County; Route 282 (Creek Road) over a

branch of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County; and

MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough,
Delaware
County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2018.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this project that is financed with 100 percent state funds through Act 89,
Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

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
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