PennDOT Reopens New Second Street Bridge in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County

PennDOT Reopens New Second Street Bridge in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery
County

11/1/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that it
has reopened the bridge carrying New Second Street over Tacony Creek in
Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County. The bridge had been closed since
late
June.

PennDOT's contractor rehabilitated the structure by replacing the box beams
and
bridge barrier; installing new guide rail; repairing the substructure; and
resurfacing the approach roadway.

The New Second Street bridge over Tacony Creek was built in 1959. The
single-span concrete box beam bridge is 44 feet long, 58 feet wide and
carries
an average of 13,589 vehicles a day.

The structure is one of eight bridges in Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,555,555 project
financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.

PennDOT has completed the rehabilitations of the U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike)
bridge
over Martins Creek in Falls Township, Bucks County; Chinquapin Road bridge
over
Iron Works Creek in Northampton Township, Bucks County; Dark Hollow Road
bridge
over Tohickon Creek in Tinicum Township, Bucks County; Route 32 (South Main

Street) bridge over Aquetong Creek in New Hope Borough, Bucks County; Route
73
(Skippack Pike) bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen and Skippack
townships, and Schwenksville Borough, Montgomery County; and the Broad
Street
(Route 611) bridge over U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) in Philadelphia.

Construction began in May to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Bryn Mawr
Avenue
over Ithan Creek in Radnor Township, Delaware County. Work on the structure
is
scheduled to be completed in mid-November.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
the 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, 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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT
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