PennDOT to Replace White Horse Road Bridge over Branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County

PennDOT to Replace White Horse Road Bridge over Branch of Pickering Creek
in Schuylkill Township, Chester County

1/9/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Wednesday, January 29, to replace the
structurally-deficient bridge carrying White Horse Road over a branch of
Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The new structure
is
expected to open in April 2018.

PennDOT's contractor will replace the deteriorated bridge with a concrete
rigid
frame structure as well as upgrade all safety features. The new bridge will
be
13 feet long and 24 feet wide.

The existing single-span structure was built in 1927. The concrete encased
steel I-beam bridge is 11 feet long and 22 feet wide, and carries an
average of
4,671 vehicles a day.

Due to the scope of construction, White Horse Road will be closed and
detoured
between Loramar Lane and Valley Park Road.

During the three-month bridge closure, White Horse Road motorists will be
directed to use Pothouse Road and Route 29 (State Road/Morehall Road) to
detour
around the construction site.

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.

The bridges currently under construction include:

• Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek in Richland Township,
Bucks
County;
• Route 113 (Souderton Road) over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township, Bucks
County; and
• Route 282 (Creek Road) over a branch of Brandywine Creek in East
Brandywine
Township, Chester County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia;
• 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:

• 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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