PennDOT to Rehabilitate Route 113 (Souderton Road) Bridge in Bucks County; Replace Route 282 (Creek Road) Bridge in Chester County

PennDOT to Rehabilitate Route 113 (Souderton Road) Bridge in Bucks County;
Replace Route 282 (Creek Road) Bridge in Chester County

12/1/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin this month to rehabilitate the bridge
carrying Route 113 (Souderton Road) over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township,
Bucks
County, and to replace the bridge carrying Route 282 (Creek Road) over a
branch
of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. Both
bridges are categorized as structurally-deficient.

Beginning Monday, December 11, Route 113 (Souderton Road) will be closed
and
detoured between Bethlehem Pike and Keystone Drive. Route 113 (Souderton
Road)
motorists will be directed to use Diamond Street and Route 152 (Main
Street/Bethlehem Pike). Local access will be maintained up to the
construction
zone. Construction on the bridge is expected to be completed in March 2018.

Built in 1870, the single-span stone masonry arch bridge is 11 feet long
and 25
feet wide, and carries an average of 10,673 vehicles a day.

PennDOT's contractor will rehabilitate the structure by removing the
existing
fill material, including the wearing surface, and replacing it with
lightweight
concrete and a deck slab; installing new vertical wall barriers; repointing
the
masonry of the arch stones; and upgrading safety features.

Beginning Monday, December 18, Route 282 (Creek Road) will be closed and
detoured between Hopewell Road and Dowlin Forge Road. Route 282 (Creek
Road)
motorists will be directed to use Dowlin Forge Road, Rock Raymond Road,
Hopewell Road and Corner Ketch Lyndell Road. Local access will be
maintained up
to the construction zone. The new structure is expected to be completed in
March 2018.

Built in 1923, the existing structure is a one-span reinforced concrete
slab
bridge. It is 17 feet long and 26 feet wide, and carries an average of
2,571
vehicles a day. It is currently posted for 30 tons, and 40 tons for
combination
vehicles.

PennDOT's contractor will replace the bridge with a concrete rigid frame
system
as well as upgrade all safety features. The new structure will be 17 feet
long
and 31 feet wide. Upon completion of construction, the weight restrictions
will
be removed.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the areas
because slowdowns will occur. All activities are weather dependent.

The work on these two bridges is being performed under PennDOT's
$11,766,000
project to rehabilitate five structurally-deficient bridges in Bucks,
Chester,
Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, and replace six
structurally-deficient
culverts in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties.

The bridges currently under construction include:

• Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia; and
• Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek in Richland Township,
Bucks
County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Oxford Valley Road over U.S. 1 in Falls, Lower Makefield and Middletown
townships, Bucks County;
• Route 663 (Layfield Road) bridge over Green Lane Reservoir Creek in Upper

Hanover Township, Montgomery County;
• Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run in Upper Oxford Township,
Chester
County;
• Torresdale Avenue bridge over Academy Road in Philadelphia; and
• Route 82 (Doe Run Road) over a branch of Sucker Run in East Fallowfield
Township, Chester County.

The other culvert replacements on this project include:

• State Road bridge over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield Township,
Bucks
County;
• White Horse Road over a branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township,

Chester County; and
• MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough,
Delaware
County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2018.

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