PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Old Lancaster Road Bridge over Amtrak in Chester County

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Old Lancaster Road Bridge over Amtrak in
Chester County

5/11/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin Friday, May 18, on a project to
rehabilitate
the structurally-deficient bridge carrying Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak
in
Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Due to the nature of the repairs, Old Lancaster Road will be closed and
detoured between U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and Howellville Road through
the
completion of the project scheduled for late August. The sidewalk on the
bridge
will remain open to pedestrians.

During this three-month bridge closure, passenger vehicles will be directed
to
use U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue), Old Lancaster Road, Conestoga Road and
Howellville Road. Trucks will be directed to use U.S. 30 (Lancaster
Avenue),
Route 252 (Bear Hill Road), Cassatt Road and Howellville Road.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area
because slowdowns will occur. Local access will be maintained up to the
construction zone.

As part of this bridge improvement project, PennDOT's contractor will
remove
and replace the deteriorated reinforced concrete deck and curbs and 12
steel
floor beams; replace the deteriorated concrete barrier wall at the
southeast
corner of U.S. 30 and Old Lancaster Road; attach new guiderail to the new
barrier at the southeast approach to the bridge; and repoint the stone
masonry
abutments and wingwalls where needed.

Built in 1957, the single-span riveted steel beam bridge is 67 feet long
and 20
feet wide. The structure carries about 5,600 vehicles a day. The bridge is
currently posted for 14 tons, and 20 tons for combination vehicles.

The Old Lancaster Road bridge is one of nine structures in Chester and
Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,296,296 project
financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Ross Fording Road over Octoraro Creek in West Fallowfield Township,
Chester
County;
• Quakertown Road over Macoby Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery
County; and
• Route 63 (Welsh Road) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Upper Dublin and
Upper Moreland townships, Montgomery County.

The other bridges in this rehabilitation project include:

• Boot Road over Route 100 in West Whiteland Township, Chester County;
• Whitford Road over Valley Creek in West Whiteland Township, Chester
County;
• Route 611 over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County;
• Route 611 over the Pennsylvania Turnpike ramp in Upper Moreland,
Montgomery
County; and
• Linfield Road over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Limerick Township,
Montgomery
County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2020.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this bridge improvement 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
information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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