PennDOT Reopens Township Road Bridge over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County

PennDOT Reopens Township Road Bridge over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township,
Chester County

10/4/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the
bridge carrying Township Road over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester

County, reopened today.

PennDOT's contractor worked over the last month to rehabilitate the bridge
by
repairing the existing concrete bridge deck using hydro demolition;
applying a
latex modified concrete overlay; resealing existing deck joints; and
performing
minor repairs to the substructure.

Built in 1968, the four-span, pre-stressed, concrete I-beam bridge is 243
feet
long and 34 feet wide. The structure carries an average of 720 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;
• Gypsy Lane over Interstate 76 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
County;
and
• Cowpath Road over Perkiomen Creek in Salford and Franconia townships,
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
accessible
on the 511PA website.

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