Wolf Administration Announces Work Underway to Replace Main Street Bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Bucks County

Wolf Administration Announces Work Underway to Replace Main Street Bridge
over Perkiomen Creek in Bucks County

1/22/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Wolf Administration announced today that preliminary construction is
underway on a project to replace the three-span bridge carrying Main Street

over Perkiomen Creek in Sellersville Borough, Bucks County.

"This is a key transportation project for this region, one that has been a
long
time in the making," Governor Tom Wolf said. "This is a significant bridge
replacement not just for Sellersville Borough, but for that region of Bucks

County. It is critical to the area businesses as well as those who live and

travel in that area."

Beginning Wednesday, January 24, through mid-February, from 9:00 AM to 3:00
PM,
lane restrictions with flagging are scheduled in both directions on Main
Street
between Park Avenue and Elm Street, as crews perform pipe drainage work;
remove
trees; construct an access road; and relocate utilities.

During construction, the bridge will remain open to vehicular and
pedestrian
traffic as the contractor builds the new structure. However, there will be
additional periods of lane restrictions with flagging.

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

Crews will replace the current bridge with a new two-span, pre-stressed,
concrete bulb-tee beam bridge. The project scope includes the installation
of
eight-foot sidewalks on both sides; resurfacing of the bridge approaches;
and
performing safety upgrades and other miscellaneous construction. The new
structure will be 56 feet wide and 153 feet long.

The current bridge, built in 1940, is 46 feet wide and 128 feet long. The
existing structure is currently posted for 13 tons and 17 tons for
combination
vehicles.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$4,537,292 improvement project which is financed with 80 percent federal
and 20
percent state funds. Construction on this bridge improvement project is
expected to be completed in spring 2019.

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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