Hollow Road (Sheeder Hall) Covered Bridge Closed Indefinitely in East Vincent and West Vincent Townships, Chester County

Hollow Road (Sheeder Hall) Covered Bridge Closed Indefinitely in East
Vincent and West Vincent Townships, Chester County

6/5/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Hollow Road (Sheeder Hall) Covered Bridge over French Creek in West
Vincent
and East Vincent townships, Chester County is closed indefinitely due to
damage
sustained today from impact by a vehicle, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) said today.

During the closure, Hollow Road will be closed and detoured between French
Creek Road and Pughtown Road until PennDOT bridge engineers can examine the

structural damage and develop a plan to rehabilitate the covered structure.

Motorists are advised to follow the posted detour of French Creek Road and
Pughtown Road. Local access will be maintained up to the bridge closure.

The single lane steel I-beam covered bridge was originally built in 1850
and
reconstructed in 1996. Following its closure in November 2016 due to damage

sustained from another crash, the bridge was reopened in July 2017
following
the completion of a $450,000 rehabilitation project.

The single-span bridge is 102 feet long and 15 feet wide and carries an
average
of 1,007 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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