PennDOT Reopens Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge in East Pikeland Township, Chester County

PennDOT Reopens Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge in East Pikeland Township,
Chester County

4/6/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) this afternoon
reopened
the historic Rapps Dam Road covered bridge over French Creek in East
Pikeland
Township, Chester County, following repairs to the structure, which was
struck
by a vehicle on March 29, 2018.

PennDOT crews will return in the coming weeks to perform additional work to

further repair and restore the historic covered bridge.

Built in 1866, the Rapps Dam Road covered bridge was reconstructed in 1978
and
2011, and underwent major repairs in 2015 after it was severely damaged
when
struck by a tractor trailer.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the structure is 106
feet
long and 14 feet wide. The bridge carries an average of 3,600 vehicles a
day.

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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