Wolf Administration Announces Work to Begin on Project to Repair and Resurface 50 Miles of State Highway in Montgomery County

Wolf Administration Announces Work to Begin on Project to Repair and
Resurface 50 Miles of State Highway in Montgomery County

5/11/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Wolf Administration announced today that construction is scheduled to
begin
Thursday, May 17, on a project to repair and resurface 50 miles of state
highway in Montgomery County.

"Improvement projects like this are vital to the sustainability of our
transportation network and the state's overall infrastructure," Governor
Tom
Wolf said. "Investing in improved and resurfaced roads will reduce damage
to
vehicles and costs to motorists, and will help increase the safety and
efficiency of our roadways in Montgomery County."

The work schedule is:

• Thursday, May 17, from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM, lane restrictions are
scheduled on
Route 113 (Bridge Road) between Route 29 (Gravel Pike) and Route 73
(Skippack
Pike) in Perkiomen and Skippack townships; for milling.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
area
because slowdowns will occur. The contractor's schedule is dependent on the

weather.

Additional state highways scheduled for resurfacing under this contract
include:

• U.S. 422 from just east of the Route 29 (Collegeville Road) Interchange
to
west of the Route 363 (Trooper Road) Interchange in Upper Providence and
Lower
Providence townships;
• Route 29 (Gravel Pike) between Ridge Pike/Main Street and Route 73
(Skippack
Pike) in Collegeville Borough and Perkiomen Township;
• Route 73 (Skippack Pike) between Green Hill Road and Mara Drive in
Worcester
and Whitpain townships;
• Route 73 (Church Road) between Bethlehem Pike and Panther Road in
Whitemarsh,
Springfield and Cheltenham townships;
• Route 152 (Limekiln Pike) between Tennis Avenue and County Line Road in
Horsham and Montgomery townships;
• Byberry Road from Philmont Avenue to just west of Reading Way in Lower
Moreland Township;
• Red Lion Road between Route 232 (Huntingdon Pike) and Route 63 (Philmont
Avenue) in Lower Moreland Township;
• Stenton Avenue from Paper Mill Road to the bridge over Paper Mill Run in
Springfield Township;
• Elm Street between Fayette Street and Colwell Lane in Conshohocken
Borough;
• Upper Gulph Road/Old Gulph Road/Spring Mill Road between County Line Road
and
Route 320 (Montgomery Avenue) in Upper Merion and Lower Merion townships;
• Spring Mill Road between Old Gulph Road/Spring Mill Road and Route 23
(Conshohocken State Road) in Lower Merion Township;
• Wynnewood Road between U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and U.S. 1 (City
Avenue) in
Lower Merion Township and Narberth Borough;
• Hollow Road between Route 23 (Conshohocken State Road) and River Road in
Lower Merion Township;
• Greenwood Avenue between Main Street and Wartman Road in Upper Providence
and
Perkiomen townships;
• Ridge Pike between Crosskeys Road and Route 29 (First Avenue) in Lower
Providence Township and Collegeville Borough;
• Kenas Road between Route 463 (Horsham Road) and County Line Road in
Montgomery Township;
• Blair Mill Road between Route 63 (Welsh Road) and County Line Road in
Horsham
and Upper Moreland townships;
• Militia Hill Road between Route 73 (Skippack Pike) and Butler Pike in
Whitemarsh Township; and
• Main Street between Route 363 (Trooper Road) and Forrest Avenue in West
Norriton and Lower Providence townships.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is milling the existing roadway
surface
and repaving the state highways with new asphalt. The new pavement will
seal
the roadways and provide motorists with a smoother riding surface.

Allan Myers, LP of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general contractor
on
the $13,260,444 project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds
from
Act 89, Pennsylvania's Transportation Plan.

Work on the project is expected to be completed in late 2018.

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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