PennDOT to Replace MacDade Boulevard Bridge in Glenolden Borough, Delaware County

PennDOT to Replace MacDade Boulevard Bridge in Glenolden Borough, Delaware
County

2/14/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, February 26, to replace the
bridge
carrying MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden
Borough,
Delaware County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
announced today. The new structure is expected to be completed in August.

PennDOT's contractor will replace the steel channel beam bridge with a
pre-cast
concrete box culvert, which will feature new guide rail, sidewalks and
safety
enhancements. The bridge approaches will also be resurfaced.

Due to the nature of the bridge repairs, MacDade Boulevard will be closed
and
detoured between Dalmas Avenue and Werner Avenue during this bridge
replacement
project. Beginning Monday, February 26, MacDade Boulevard motorists will be

directed to use West South Avenue, Providence Road and Oak Lane.

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.

Built in 1947, the existing one-span structure is 9 feet long, 52 feet wide
and
carries an average of 22,394 vehicles a day. The new culvert will be 11
feet
long and 62 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.

The bridges currently under construction include:

• Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek in Richland Township,
Bucks
County;
• State Road over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield 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 replacement on this project is:

• White Horse Road over a branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township,

Chester County.

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

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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