PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Gypsy Lane Bridge over Interstate 76 in Montgomery County

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Gypsy Lane Bridge over Interstate 76 in
Montgomery County

9/22/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, October 2, on a seven-week
project
to rehabilitate the structurally-deficient bridge carrying Gypsy Lane over
Interstate 76 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, the Pennsylvania

Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Due to the nature of the repairs, Gypsy Lane will be closed between South
Gulph
Road and Hughes Road. Gypsy Lane motorists will be detoured over South
Gulph
Road, Weadley Road and Hughes Road. The bridge is expected to reopen in
mid-November.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur. Local access will be maintained up to the
construction zone. The work schedule is weather dependent.

As part of the rehabilitation, crews will repair the existing concrete
bridge
deck using hydro demolition and apply a latex modified concrete overlay,
replace expansion joints at the abutments as well as complete other
scheduled
repairs. The bridge will no longer be structurally deficient following this

rehabilitation work.

The three-span, steel-I beam bridge was built in 1950. It is 198 feet long
and
32 feet wide. The structure carries about 1,721 vehicles a day.

The structure is one of 11 bridges in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery
counties
that PennDOT is repairing under a $5,505,505 project financed by Act 89,
the
state's transportation plan.

The bridges carrying northbound and southbound U.S. 1 over Church Road in
New
Garden Township, Chester County, and the bridge carrying Township Road over

U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, are currently under
construction.

Structures completed under this project include the University Road bridge
over
U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County; 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.

The other four 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;
• Cowpath Road over Perkiomen Creek in Salford and Franconia townships,
Montgomery County; and
• Farmington Avenue over Route 100 in Upper Pottsgrove, Montgomery County.

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

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.

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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