PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Old Forty Foot Road Bridge over Branch of Skippack Creek in Montgomery County

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Old Forty Foot Road Bridge over Branch
of Skippack Creek in Montgomery County

10/16/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that
construction will begin Monday, October 30, to rehabilitate the
structurally-deficient bridge carrying Old Forty Foot Road over a branch of

Skippack Creek in Lower Salford and Towamencin townships, Montgomery
County.
Construction on the bridge is expected to be completed in June 2018.

Due to the nature of the bridge repairs, Old Forty Foot Road will be closed
and
detoured between Township Line Road and Kober Road during the eight-month
rehabilitation. Motorists will be detoured over Sumneytown Pike, Bustard
Road
and Route 73 (Skippack Pike). Local access will be maintained up to the
construction zone.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur. The work schedule is weather dependent.

PennDOT's contractor will rehabilitate the stone masonry arch bridge by
reinforcing the walls and barrier; repointing masonry of the arch barrel
and
support abutments; and replacing guiderail.

Built in 1840 and rehabilitated in 1930, the one-span structure is 11 feet
long
and 31 feet wide, and has a posted weight limit of 10 tons. The structure
carries an average of 5,846 vehicles a day.

The structure is one of nine bridges in Bucks, Chester, Delaware,
Montgomery
and Philadelphia counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,407,987
project
financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.

Construction began earlier this month to rehabilitate the Sugan Road bridge

over Cuttalossa Creek in Solebury Township, Bucks County.

The other structures included in this nine-bridge rehabilitation project
include the following:

• Route 232 (2nd Street Pike) over Branch of Mill Creek in Wrightstown
Township, Bucks County;
• Hares Hill Road over French Creek in East Pikeland Township, Chester
County;
• Baltimore Pike over Darby Creek in Clifton Heights and Lansdowne boroughs
and
Upper Darby Township, Delaware County;
• State Road/Lansdowne Avenue over Cobbs Creek in Upper Darby Township,
Delaware County, and the City of Philadelphia;
• Wissahickon Avenue over Monoshone Creek in Philadelphia;
• Ridge Pike over Perkiomen Creek in Collegeville Borough and Lower
Providence
Township, Montgomery County; and
• Morwood Road culvert over Branch of Perkiomen Creek in Franconia
Township,
Montgomery County.

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

J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
bridge improvement project, which is financed with 100 percent state 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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