PennDOT to Replace State Road Bridge over Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County

PennDOT to Replace State Road Bridge over Cooks Creek in Springfield
Township, Bucks County

12/15/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin next month to replace the bridge
carrying
State Road over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks
County,
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
The
new structure is expected to be completed in April 2018.

Beginning Tuesday, January 2, State Road will be closed and detoured
between
Richlandtown Pike and Quarry Road. Cars will be directed to use
Richlandtown
Pike, Passer Road and Pleasant View Road/Township Road. Trucks will be
directed
to use Richlandtown Pike, Route 212 (Quakertown Road/Church Road/Main
Street),
Route 313 (Broad Street) and Route 309.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur.

Built in 1912, the existing structure is a one-span reinforced concrete
slab
bridge. It is 13 feet long and 26 feet wide, and carries an average of
1,463
vehicles a day.

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 13 feet
long
and 29 feet wide.

This bridge replacement 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.

Construction is scheduled to begin next 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 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:

• The historic Loux Covered Bridge over Cabin Run on Carver-Wismer Road in
Bedminster Township, Bucks County;
• 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:

• 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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