PennDOT Reopens Route 113 (Souderton Road) Bridge Over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township, Bucks County

PennDOT Reopens Route 113 (Souderton Road) Bridge Over Mill Creek in
Hilltown Township, Bucks County

3/14/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reopened the bridge

carrying Route 113 (Souderton Road) over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township,
Bucks
County, today following the completion of a rehabilitation project.

PennDOT's contractor worked since January to rehabilitate the bridge by
removing the existing fill material, including the wearing surface, and
replacing it with lightweight concrete and a deck slab; installing new
vertical
wall barriers; repointing the masonry of the arch stones; and upgrading
safety
features.

Built in 1870, the single-span stone masonry arch bridge is 11 feet long
and 25
feet wide, and carries an average of 10,673 vehicles a day.

Construction on the bridge was 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/culverts currently under construction include:

• MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough,
Delaware
County;
• White Horse Road over a branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township,

Chester County;
• 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; 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.

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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