PennDOT - District 6 News
Route 611 (Easton Road) Ramp Closure Overnights in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County
King of Prussia, PA – Motorists will encounter an overnight ramp closure from southbound Route 611 (Easton Road) to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, for abutment repairs and other construction activities as part of a project to rehabilitate two Route 611 (Easton Road) bridges, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
The work schedule is:
- Monday, September 24, through Thursday, September 27, from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM;
- Friday, September 28, from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM;
- Saturday, September 29, from 11:00 PM to 8:00 AM;
- Sunday, September 30, through Thursday, October 4, from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM;
- Friday, October 5, from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
During construction, motorists will be directed to use Mill Road, Route 263 (York Road), and Route 611 (Easton Road).
Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel on Route 611 (Easton Road) through the work area. The work schedule is weather dependent.
These restrictions are necessary to advance this project into Stage 7, during which crews will complete abutment and bridge wall repairs.
Mainline bridge construction is scheduled to be completed this month. Once the bridge work is finished, the contractor will utilize overnight lane closures for the resurfacing of Route 611 (Easton Road) in this area. Work on both bridges is being performed concurrently to minimize traffic impacts.
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 continue to 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) are reduced to one lane in areas from just north of Home Depot Drive to Wyandotte Road.
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.
Bridges completed under this project include:
- Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County;
- 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.
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