PennDOT - District 6 News: PennDOT to Perform Interim Repairs to the Bridge Carrying Route 32 (River Road) over the Delaware Canal

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PennDOT - District 6 News

PennDOT to Perform Interim Repairs to the Bridge Carrying Route 32 (River Road) over the Delaware Canal

​King of Prussia, PA – Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, October 1, to perform interim repairs to the bridge carrying Route 32 (River Road) over the Delaware Canal, in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

To improve the bridge that is in poor condition, PennDOT's contractor will replace the existing deck and steel beams; replace the guiderail; and perform minor repairs to the stone masonry abutments.

Due to the nature of the repairs, Route 32 (River Road) will be closed between Tinicum Creek Road and Headquarters Road through the completion of the project scheduled for late December.

During the bridge closure, Route 32 (River Road) motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour of Dark Hollow Road, Route 413 (Old Easton Road) and Route 611 (Easton Road). Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area because slowdowns will occur.

The road will remain open to local traffic up to the bridge.

Built in 1932, the single-span steel I-beam bridge is 45 feet long, 18 feet wide and carries an average of 2,132 vehicles a day. The bridge is currently posted for 15 tons.

PennDOT is in the early preliminary engineering phase of a project to rehabilitate or replace the 86-year-old bridge. 

The bridge repairs are being performed under PennDOT's $11,766,000 project to repair and rehabilitate 10 structurally-deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, and replace six structurally-deficient culverts in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties.

The bridges/culverts currently under construction include:

• MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough, Delaware County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Grubbs Mill Road over Crum Creek in Willistown Township, Chester County;
• Pocopson Road over Pocopson Creek in Pennsbury and Pocopson townships, Chester County;
• Street Road over Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County;
• White Horse Road over a branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County;
• Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek in Richland Township, Bucks County;
• State Road over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County;
• Route 282 (Creek Road) over a branch of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County;
• Route 113 (Souderton Road) over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township, Bucks County;
• Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia;
• The historic Loux Covered Bridge over Cabin Run on Carver-Wismer Road in Bedminster Township, Bucks County;
• Oxford Valley Road over U.S. 1 in Falls, Lower Makefield and Middletown townships, Bucks County;
• Route 663 (Layfield Road) bridge over Green Lane Reservoir Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County;
• Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County;
• Torresdale Avenue bridge over Academy Road in Philadelphia; and
• Route 82 (Doe Run Road) over a branch of Sucker Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor on this project that is financed with 100 percent state funds through Act 89, Pennsylvania's transportation plan. Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2019.

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