PennDOT - District 6 News
PennDOT Reopens MacDade Boulevard Bridge in Glenolden Borough, Delaware County
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has reopened the bridge carrying MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough, Delaware County, following the completion of a bridge replacement project.
PennDOT's contractor replaced the existing bridge with a pre-cast box culvert as well as upgraded all safety features, including installation of new guide rail and sidewalks. In addition, the bridge approaches were resurfaced. The new structure is 11 feet long and 62 feet wide.
The new culvert replaces the single-span steel channel beam bridge which was built in 1947. That structure was 9 feet long and 52 feet wide, and carried an average of 22,394 vehicles a day.
This bridge replacement project was performed under PennDOT's $11,766,000 project to rehabilitate 11 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:
- Route 32 (River Road) over the Delaware Canal, in Tinicum Township, Bucks County.
Structures completed under this project include:
- Pocopson Road over Pocopson Creek in Pennsbury and Pocopson townships, Chester County;
- Street Road over Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County;
- Grubbs Mill Road over Crum Creek in Willistown 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 2018.
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