PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Quakertown Road Bridge over Macoby Creek in Montgomery County

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Quakertown Road Bridge over Macoby Creek
in Montgomery County

2/26/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, March 12, on a project to
rehabilitate the structurally-deficient bridge carrying Quakertown Road
over a
branch of Macoby Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Due to the nature of the repairs, Quakertown Road will be closed and
detoured
between Wasser Road and Geryville Pike. Quakertown Road motorists will be
directed to use Geryville Pike, Route 663 (John Fries Highway) and
Quakertown
Road.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur. Local access will be maintained up to the
construction zone.

PennDOT's contractor will repair the existing bridge deck, perform
substructure
and superstructure repairs as well as upgrade drainage on the bridge.

Built in 1926 and reconstructed in 1960, the two-span reinforced concrete-T

beam bridge is 56 feet long and 29 feet wide. The structure carries about
1,142
vehicles a day.

The Quakertown Road bridge is one of nine structures in Chester and
Montgomery
counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,296,296 project financed by
Act
89, the state's transportation plan.

The bridge carrying Route 63 (Welsh Road) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in

Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland townships, Montgomery County, was completed

this summer.

The bridge carrying Ross Fording Road over Octorara Creek in West
Fallowfield
Township, Chester County, is currently under construction.

The other bridges included in this rehabilitation project include:

• Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County;
• Boot Road over Route 100 in West Whiteland Township, Chester County;
• Route 611 over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County;
• Route 611 over the Pennsylvania Turnpike ramp in Upper Moreland,
Montgomery
County; and
• Linfield Road over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Limerick Township,
Montgomery
County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2020.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this bridge improvement project that 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
information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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