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PennDOT to Begin Rehabilitation of Wissahickon Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction will begin Monday, March 25, to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Wissahickon Avenue over Monoshone Creek in Philadelphia.
PennDOT's contractor will rehabilitate the structure over Monoshone Creek by performing scour rock placement repairs; repairing the stone masonry; and milling and overlaying the roadway surface.
Beginning Monday, March 25, through late May, a single lane closure is scheduled weekdays from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Wissahickon Avenue between Lincoln Drive and Rittenhousetown Lane for bridge construction.
Built in 1816, the single-span, two-lane bridge is 12 feet long, 30 feet wide and carries an average of 10,351 vehicles a day.
The bridge is one of nine structures in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,407,987 improvement project financed by Act 89, the state's transportation plan.
Structure currently under construction include:
- Baltimore Pike over Darby Creek in Clifton Heights and Lansdowne boroughs and Upper Darby Township, Delaware County.
Structures completed under this project include:
- State Road/Lansdowne Avenue over Cobbs Creek in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, and the City of Philadelphia;
- Hares Hill Road over French Creek in East Pikeland Township, Chester County;
- Morwood Road culvert over a branch of Perkiomen Creek in Franconia Township, Montgomery County;
- Route 232 (Second Street Pike) over a branch of Mill Creek in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County;
- Sugan Road over Cuttalossa Creek in Solebury Township, Bucks County; and
- Old Forty Foot Road over Branch of Skippack Creek in Lower Salford and Towamencin townships, Montgomery County.
The other structure included in this rehabilitation project include:
- Ridge Pike over Perkiomen Creek in Collegeville Borough and Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County.
Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in late summer 2019.
J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County is the general contractor on the bridge improvement project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.
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