Grubbs Mill Road Bridge over Crum Creek Closed in Willistown Township, Chester County Due to Structural Damage

Grubbs Mill Road Bridge over Crum Creek Closed in Willistown Township,
Chester County Due to Structural Damage

3/8/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The bridge carrying Grubbs Mill Road over Crum Creek in Willistown
Township,
Chester County was closed today due to structural damage sustained from
impact
by a vehicle, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
announced
today. The bridge will remain closed until PennDOT bridge engineers can
examine
the structural damage and develop a plan to rehabilitate and reopen the
bridge.

During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Goshen Road,
Providence
Road, Warren Avenue and Paoli Pike/Devon Road. Local access will be
maintained
up to the bridge. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling
through the area.

The Grubbs Mill Road bridge over Crum Creek was originally built in 1921.
The
single-span concrete T-beam bridge is 42 feet long, 18 feet wide and
carries an
average of 1,452 vehicles a day. The structure was last inspected in March
2017.

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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