PennDOT - District 6 News
PennDOT Reopens Old Lancaster Road Bridge over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today reopened the bridge carrying Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, following a three-month rehabilitation project.
Under this project, PennDOT's contractor removed and replaced the deteriorated reinforced concrete deck and curbs and 12 steel floor beams; replaced the deteriorated concrete barrier wall at the southeast corner of U.S. 30 and Old Lancaster Road; attached new guiderail to the new barrier at the southeast approach to the bridge; and repointed the stone masonry abutments and wingwalls where needed.
Built in 1957, the single-span riveted steel beam bridge is 67 feet long and 20 feet wide. The structure carries about 5,600 vehicles a day. Following its rehabilitation, the bridge is no longer posted.
The Old Lancaster Road bridge is one of 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:
• Route 611 over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County; and
• Route 611 over the Pennsylvania Turnpike ramp in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County.
Structures completed under this project include:
• Ross Fording Road over Octoraro Creek in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County;
• Route 63 (Welsh Road) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland townships, Montgomery County; and
• Quakertown Road over Macoby Creek in Upper Hanover Township, 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 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 department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.
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