PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Two Route 611 (Easton Road) Bridges in Upper Moreland Township

PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Two Route 611 (Easton Road) Bridges in
Upper Moreland Township

6/7/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 18, on a project to
rehabilitate the bridge carrying Route 611 (Easton Road) over Pennypack
Creek
and the bridge carrying Route 611 (Easton Road) over the Pennsylvania
Turnpike
ramps in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. Work on both
structurally-deficient bridges will be performed concurrently to minimize
the
impact to traffic.

On Monday, June 18, through Friday, June 22, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and
from
9:00 PM, Friday, June 22, through 5:00 AM, Monday, June 25, motorists will
encounter lane restrictions in both directions on Route 611 (Easton Road)
from
just north of Home Depot Drive to Wyandotte Road, for removal of concrete
medians and placement of temporary pavement.

Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel on Route 611
(Easton
Road) through the work area. All scheduled activities are weather
dependent.

Mainline bridge construction is scheduled to begin in early July and finish
in
early September. Once the bridge work is completed, the contractor will
utilize
overnight lane closures for the resurfacing of Route 611 (Easton Road) in
this
area.

The final phase of the project involves repairs to bridge walls and
abutments
adjacent to two ramps at the Route 611/Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange,
an
operation that will result in overnight closures of the turnpike ramp to
southbound Route 611 and the ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike from
southbound
Route 611.

Route 611 (Easton Road) motorists will encounter lane closures and changing

traffic patterns during this multi-stage project. Drivers must allow
considerably more time for travel through the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Interchange
during construction on the two bridges because northbound and southbound
Route
611 (Easton Road) will be reduced to one lane in areas from just north of
Home
Depot Drive to Wyandotte Road. In addition, motorists may encounter
temporary
stoppages when the contractor is setting up/removing temporary patterns
during
this project.

PennDOT's contractor is improving the bridges on Route 611 by removing the
deteriorated concrete surfaces and installing new concrete overlays to
protect
the decks and provide smoother riding surfaces. Crews are also sealing
expansion joints; repairing concrete beams; installing downspouts; adding
rock
protection along the support abutments at the bridge over the branch of
Pennypack Creek; and repairing concrete walls and abutments.

Built in the 1950s, the bridges are 1,115 feet apart and carry about 31,500

vehicles a day.

The bridge carrying Route 611 (Easton Road) over Pennypack Creek is a
single-span, reinforced concrete T-beam bridge that is 30 feet long and 64
feet
wide.

The bridge carrying Route 611 (Easton Road) over the Pennsylvania Turnpike
ramps is a single-span, reinforced concrete T-beam bridge that is 41 feet
long
and 78 feet wide.

The two bridges are among nine structures in Chester and Montgomery
counties
that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,296,296 project financed by Act 89,
the
state's transportation plan.

Structures currently under construction include:

• Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County.

Bridges completed under this project include:

• Ross Fording Road over Octoraro Creek in West Fallowfield Township,
Chester
County;
• Quakertown Road over Macoby Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery
County; and
• Route 63 (Welsh Road) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Upper Dublin and
Upper Moreland townships, Montgomery County.

The other bridges in this rehabilitation project include:

• Boot Road over Route 100 in West Whiteland Township, Chester County;
• Whitford Road over Valley Creek in West Whiteland Township, Chester
County;
and
• Linfield Road over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Limerick Township,
Montgomery
County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2020.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor
on
this bridge improvement project that 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.

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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