Wolf Administration Announces Work to Begin to Replace Route 611 (Easton Road) Bridge over Cooks Creek in Bucks County

Wolf Administration Announces Work to Begin to Replace Route 611 (Easton
Road) Bridge over Cooks Creek in Bucks County

3/9/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Wolf Administration announced today that construction is scheduled to
begin
next week on a project to replace the structurally-deficient bridge
carrying
Route 611 (Easton Road) over Cooks Creek in Durham Township, Bucks County.

"Bridges are vital to a community's mobility, and this improvement will
ensure
that once the new structure is in place, local travel will not be
disrupted,"
Governor Tom Wolf said. "Statewide, we are making much progress on bridges,
and
tackling our backlog of needed bridge work remains a priority."

Beginning Thursday, March 15, through Friday, March 30, from 6:00 AM to
5:00
PM, weekday lane restrictions with flagging are scheduled in both
directions on
Route 611 (Easton Road) between Route 212 (Durham Road) and Durham Road;
and in
both directions on Route 212 (Durham Road) between Route 611 (Easton Road)
and
Red Bridge Road, as crews perform excavation; grading; paving; line
striping;
and clearing work.

During construction, one lane of traffic will be maintained through the
project
area as the contractor builds the new structure. In addition, Route 611
(Easton
Road) will be closed and detoured at least three overnights. When the
highway
is closed, Route 611 (Easton Road) motorists will be directed to use Route
212
(Durham Road) and Route 412 (Main Street).

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur. All scheduled activities are weather
dependent.

PennDOT's contractor will replace the current bridge with a single span,
pre-stressed, concrete bulb-tee beam bridge. The new structure will be 50
feet
wide and 71 feet long, and include eight-foot shoulders. The project scope
includes the reconstruction of the intersection of Route 611 (Easton Road)
and
Route 212 (Durham Road), and improvements to the Department of Conservation
and
Natural Resources' adjacent parking lot. The project also includes the
removal
of the previously abandoned, adjacent concrete arch bridge.

Built in 1958, the current bridge carrying Route 611 (Easton Road) over
Cooks
Creek is 32 feet wide and 72 feet long, and carries an average of 5,500
vehicles per day.

PKF-Mark III, of Newton, Bucks County, is the general contractor on the
$5,136,221 bridge improvement project which is financed with 80 percent
federal
and 20 percent state funds. Construction on this bridge improvement project
is
expected to be completed in fall of 2019.

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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