PennDOT Opens All Lanes on U.S. 1 over Church Road in New Garden Township, Chester County

PennDOT Opens All Lanes on U.S. 1 over Church Road in New Garden Township,
Chester County

11/7/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) this afternoon
reopened
all lanes on the bridges carrying northbound and southbound U.S. 1 over
Church
Road in New Garden Township, Chester County.

PennDOT's contractor worked over the last four months to rehabilitate the
bridges by repairing the existing concrete bridge deck using hydro
demolition;
applying a latex modified concrete overlay; replacing the existing
bearings;
and performing substructure repairs.

While rehabilitation work on the structures have been completed, there will
be
lane restrictions on northbound and southbound U.S. 1 over Church Road on
Wednesday, November 8, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for rumble strip
installation.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
zones
because slowdowns will occur. The contractor's schedule is dependent on the

weather.

Built in 1965, the bridges carrying northbound and southbound U.S. 1 over
Church Road are one-span prestressed concrete-I beam structures. The
southbound
U.S. 1 bridge is 91 feet long, 45 feet wide and carries an average of
14,646
vehicles a day. The northbound U.S. 1 bridge is 89 feet long, 45 feet wide
and
carries an average of 16,756 vehicles a day.

The structures are two 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 following bridge is currently under construction:

• Gypsy Lane over Interstate 76 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Cowpath Road over Perkiomen Creek in Salford and Franconia townships,
Montgomery County;
• Township Road over U.S. 1 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County;
• 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, including

color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 850
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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