Main Street Lane Restrictions Scheduled Thursday for Bridge Beam Construction in Bucks County

Main Street Lane Restrictions Scheduled Thursday for Bridge Beam
Construction in Bucks County

5/21/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Lane restrictions with flagging are scheduled on Main Street between Park
Avenue and Elm Street in Sellersville Borough, Bucks County, on Thursday,
May
24, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM to midnight, for bridge beam
construction as part of the project to replace the three-span bridge
carrying
Main Street over Perkiomen Creek, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

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

During construction, the bridge remains open to vehicular and pedestrian
traffic as the contractor builds the new structure. However, there will be
additional periods of lane restrictions with flagging.

In mid-summer, traffic will be shifted onto the new first half of the
bridge
while the other half is constructed.

PennDOT's contractor will replace the current bridge with a new two-span,
pre-stressed, concrete bulb-tee beam bridge. The project scope includes the

installation of eight-foot sidewalks on both sides; resurfacing of the
bridge
approaches; and performing safety upgrades and other miscellaneous
construction. The new structure will be 56 feet wide and 153 feet long.

The current bridge, built in 1940, is 46 feet wide and 128 feet long. The
existing structure is currently posted for 13 tons and 17 tons for
combination
vehicles.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$4,537,292 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 spring 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 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 860 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
information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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