PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Cowpath Road Bridge over Perkiomen Creek
in Montgomery County
9/27/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA
Construction is scheduled to begin Wednesday, October 4, on a project to
rehabilitate the structurally-deficient bridge carrying Cowpath Road over
Perkiomen Creek in Salford and Franconia townships, Montgomery County, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
Due to the nature of the repairs, Cowpath Road will be closed and detoured
between Hollow Road and Barndt Road. Cowpath Road motorists will be
directed to
use Morwood Road, Allentown Road, Route 563 (Ridge Road) and County Line
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.
As part of this bridge improvement project, crews will repair the existing
concrete deck using hydro demolition and apply a latex modified concrete
overlay; reseal existing deck joints at the abutments; install a new
expansion
joint at the pier; and perform concrete repairs to the substructure.
The two-span, pre-stressed concrete box beam bridge was built in 1967. It
is
106 feet long and 33 feet wide. The structure carries about 545 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 currently under construction include:
• U.S. 1 over Church Road in New Garden Township, Chester County;
• Township Road over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County; and
• Gypsy Lane over Interstate 76 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
County.
Structures completed under this project include:
• University Road bridge over U.S. 1 in Upper Oxford Township, Chester
County;
• Spring Garden Street bridge over Interstate 76 in West Conshohocken
Borough,
Montgomery County; and
• Terwood Road bridge over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland Township,
Montgomery County.
The other three 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; 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
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on the 511PA website.
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