Street Road Bridge over Octoraro Creek Closed in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County Due to Structural Damage

Street Road Bridge over Octoraro Creek Closed in Upper Oxford Township,
Chester County Due to Structural Damage

2/2/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The bridge carrying Street Road over Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford
Township,
Chester County was closed today after damage was discovered to the
structure,
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The single-lane steel I-beam bridge will remain closed until PennDOT bridge

engineers can examine the structural damage and develop a plan to
rehabilitate
the bridge.

During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Holmeville Road,
Route
896 (Newark Road/Georgetown Road), Maple Shade Road and Bell Road.

Local access will be maintained up to the bridge. Motorists are advised to
allow extra time when traveling through the area.

The Street Road bridge over Octoraro Creek was originally built in 1880 and

rehabilitated in 2010. The single-span bridge is 111 feet long and 14 feet
wide
and carries an average of 239 vehicles a day. The structure was last
inspected
in December 2016.

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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