U.S. 322 Lane Closures, Stoppages Wednesday Night for Bridge Construction in Concord Township, Delaware County

U.S. 322 Lane Closures, Stoppages Wednesday Night for Bridge Construction
in Concord Township, Delaware County

5/3/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Motorists using U.S. 322 (Conchester Highway) in Delaware County will
encounter
lane closures and periodic 15-minute stoppages next Wednesday night for
beam
placement on a section of the new bridge over Smithbridge Road in Concord
Township, Delaware County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today. The new bridge construction is part of the
ongoing
$62.2 million project to widen and reconstruct a U.S. 322 (Conchester
Highway)
from U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) to Clayton Park Drive.

Nighttime lane restrictions and 15-minute traffic stoppages will be in
place at
the Smithbridge Road overpass, located at about the mid-point of the
2.6-mile
work zone, from 7:00 PM Wednesday, May 9, until 5:00 AM Thursday, May 10.
The
restrictions will allow crews to position equipment and lift and secure the

deck beams for the eastbound section of the new bridge.

If weather forces cancellation of the planned operation, the beam placement
and
resultant restrictions and stoppages will take place from 7:00 PM Thursday,
May
10, to 5:00 AM Friday, May 11.

In addition, flagger-directed, alternating single-lane restrictions will
continue on Mondays through Thursdays, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, through
various
work areas along the construction zone. These daytime and overnight
operations
will continue through late fall.

Motorists should expect significant delays on U.S. 322 (Conchester
Highway),
allow extra time for travel through the work areas, or use an alternate
route.
All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
project which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state
funds.

PennDOT began construction last spring on the first-of-two mainline
projects to
widen and reconstruct a 6.7-mile section of U.S. 322 (Conchester Highway)
from
U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) to just east of Route 452 (Market Street) in
Concord,
Bethel and Upper Chichester townships, Delaware County. Work on the first
mainline section of U.S. 322 (Conchester Highway) is scheduled to be
completed
in late 2020.

Engineering design is advancing for the widening and reconstruction of the
eastern section (Section 102) of the highway from just east of Clayton Park

Drive to just east of Route 452 (Market Street). Construction on this
section
is expected to start in 2019.

An additional contract to replace the U.S. 322 (Conchester Highway) bridge
over
the CSX railroad and Bethel Road as well as improvements to the adjacent
Bethel
Road Interchange is under design.

For more information and to sign up for email alerts about the project, go
to
www.us322conchester.com.

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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