Route 320 (Montgomery Avenue) to be Closed Overnight Next Week for Bridge Beam Replacement in Montgomery County

Route 320 (Montgomery Avenue) to be Closed Overnight Next Week for Bridge
Beam Replacement in Montgomery County

10/6/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Route 320 (Montgomery Avenue) will be closed and detoured between Old Gulph

Road and Spring Mill Road in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, on
Monday, October 9, through Thursday, October 12, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM,
for
beam replacement on the overpass carrying northbound Interstate 476 over
Route
320 (Montgomery Avenue), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

During construction, Route 320 (Montgomery Avenue) motorists will be
directed
to use Old Gulph Road and Spring Mill Road. 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 contractor's schedule is dependent on the

weather.

The underside of the northbound I-476 bridge over Route 320 (Montgomery
Avenue)
was struck by a large truck on July 22, 2017, which resulted in damage to
the
concrete fascia beam. Following the incident, the bridge was categorized as

structurally deficient.

As part of the work, crews will remove and replace the damaged pre-stressed

concrete fascia beam and adjacent portion of deck and barrier; install new
bearing pads; replace deck joints at the abutments; and remove and
reinstall
barrier-mounted sound wall. Construction on the bridge is scheduled to be
completed in late November.

Built in 1974, the one-span pre-stressed concrete-I beam bridge is 110 feet

long and 56 feet wide. The structure carries about 61,000 vehicles a day.

The work on the bridge carrying northbound I-476 over Route 320 (Montgomery

Avenue) is part of PennDOT's $6.8 million project to rehabilitate/replace
five
structurally-deficient bridges in Bucks and Montgomery counties, three
structurally-deficient culverts in Bucks County, and to stabilize a stream
embankment at a bridge in Bucks County.

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.

Work on the entire project is scheduled to be completed in late 2018.

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
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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
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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

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