Runnymede Road/White Horse Road Bridge over Doe Run in Chester County Closed Due to Flood Damage

Runnymede Road/White Horse Road Bridge over Doe Run in Chester County
Closed Due to Flood Damage

5/18/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The bridge carrying Runnymede Road/White Horse Road over Doe Run in
Londonderry
and Highland townships, Chester County is closed due to floodwater damage
sustained from recent storms, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(PennDOT) announced today.

The single span steel I-beam bridge will remain closed while PennDOT
maintenance crews repair the damage. Weather permitting, the bridge is
expected
to reopen later this month.

During the closure, motorists will be directed to use White Horse Road,
Derry
Meeting Road, Route 41 (Gap Newport Pike), Route 10 (Limestone Road),
Gumtree
Road and Friends Meetinghouse Road.

The Runnymede Road/White Horse Road bridge was originally built in 1934.
The
single-span bridge is 22 feet long, 18 feet wide and carries an average of
412
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 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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