College Avenue Lane Restrictions for Utility Work in Haverford Township, Delaware County

College Avenue Lane Restrictions for Utility Work in Haverford Township,
Delaware County

4/6/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Weekday lane restrictions are scheduled on College Avenue between Walton
Lane
and Haverford Road in Haverford Township, Delaware County, on Monday, April
9,
through Monday, April 23, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for utility
improvements,
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
Traffic will be controlled by flagging.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the
construction area because slowdowns may occur. The work schedule is weather

dependent.

The operation is part of PennDOT's $5.2 million project to replace the
structurally-deficient College Avenue bridge over SEPTA railroad tracks and
the
adjacent culvert over Cobbs Creek.

PennDOT's contractor is replacing the two-span concrete encased steel beam
bridge with a one-span composite pre-stressed concrete box beam structure
and
constructing a new precast reinforced concrete arch culvert.

The project also includes improvements to the traffic signals at the
intersection of College Avenue and Haverford Road, and the addition of left

turn lanes on College Avenue at this intersection.

The new structure over SEPTA tracks will be 42 feet wide and 58 feet long.
It
will have two 11-foot travel lanes and a 10-foot left turn lane. It will
also
have a five-foot sidewalk on the west side of the structure and a two-foot
shoulder on the east side.

The new concrete arch culvert will be 42 feet wide and 24 feet long. It
will
have two 11-foot travel lanes and a 10-foot painted center gore area. It
will
also feature a five-foot sidewalk on the west side of the structure and a
two-foot shoulder on the east side.

The existing two-span bridge over SEPTA was built in 1931. It is 42 feet
wide
and 63 feet long. The structure carries an average of 4,637 vehicles a day.
The
one-span concrete arch culvert over Cobbs Creek was built in 1924. It is 30

feet wide and 16 feet long.

Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, Chester County, is the general contractor
on
the $5,240,145 project that is financed with 100 percent state funds.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT
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