PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Hares Hill Road Bridge in East Pikeland Township, Chester County

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Hares Hill Road Bridge in East Pikeland
Township, Chester County

5/31/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that
construction will begin Monday, June 11, to rehabilitate the bridge
carrying
Hares Hill Road over French Creek in East Pikeland Township, Chester
County.

PennDOT's contractor will rehabilitate the wrought iron through truss
bridge by
reconstructing damaged and deteriorated wingwalls as needed; reconstructing

stone masonry parapets with reinforced concrete; and installing
powder-coated
brown guiderail to protect the blunt ends of the parapets. In addition, the

scope of work also includes the re-installation of the conserved historic
plaque on the outside of the southeast wingwall as well as placement of
another
plaque commemorating this 2018 rehabilitation.

Due to the nature of construction, Hares Hill Road will be closed and
detoured
between Camp Council Road and Irish Way during the three-month
rehabilitation
project. Beginning Monday, June 11, through late August, Hares Hill Road
motorists will be directed to use Route 113 (Pike Springs Road/Kimberton
Road)
and Route 23 (Schuylkill Road/Ridge Road). Local access will be maintained
up
to the construction zone.

Built in 1867, the one-span, single-lane bridge is 105 feet long, 14 feet
wide,
and carries an average of 4,895 vehicles a day. It is currently posted for
15
tons.

The structure is one of nine bridges in Bucks, Chester, Delaware,
Montgomery
and Philadelphia counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,407,987
improvement project financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.

The bridges/culverts currently under construction include:

• Morwood Road culvert over a branch of Perkiomen Creek in Franconia
Township,
Montgomery County; and
• Route 232 (Second Street Pike) over a branch of Mill Creek in Wrightstown

Township, Bucks County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Sugan Road over Cuttalossa Creek in Solebury Township, Bucks County; and
• Old Forty Foot Road over Branch of Skippack Creek in Lower Salford and
Towamencin townships, Montgomery County.

The other structures included in this rehabilitation project include:

• Baltimore Pike over Darby Creek in Clifton Heights and Lansdowne boroughs
and
Upper Darby Township, Delaware County;
• State Road/Lansdowne Avenue over Cobbs Creek in Upper Darby Township,
Delaware County, and the City of Philadelphia;
• Wissahickon Avenue over Monoshone Creek in Philadelphia; and
• Ridge Pike over Perkiomen Creek in Collegeville Borough and Lower
Providence
Township, Montgomery County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in late summer 2019.

J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
bridge improvement project, which 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 by
visiting
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traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 860 traffic cameras.

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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
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on the 511PA website.

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