PennDOT - District 6 News
PennDOT to Rehabilitate the Bridge Carrying Kaolin Road over the West Branch of Red Clay Creek in Kennett Township
King of Prussia, PA – Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, July 13, on a project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Kaolin Road over the west branch of Red Clay Creek in Kennett Township, Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, and relevant training.
Due to the nature of construction, Kaolin Road will be closed and detoured 24/7 between Marshall Bridge Road and Round Hill Road beginning Monday, July 13, through the completion of the project scheduled for mid-February 2021.
During the bridge closure, Kaolin Road motorists will be directed to use Route 41 North (Gap Newport Pike), U.S. 1 North (Kennett Oxford Bypass), and Route 82 (Union Street) Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.
PennDOT's contractor will replace the existing superstructure on the single span bridge. Built in 1960, the bridge is 60 feet long and 44 feet wide. The structure carries an average of 7607 vehicles a day.
Kaolin Road Bridge is one of 5 structures in Chester, Montgomery and Delaware counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $4,948,703 project.
The other structures included in this bridge rehabilitation project include the following:
- Mansion Road over the south branch of French Creek in Warwick Township, Chester County. Built in 1904, Mansion Road Bridge (Brower's Bridge) is listed with the National Register of Historic Places and a part of the Reading Furnace Historic District;
- Concord Road over Green Creek in Concord Township, Delaware County;
- Route 63 (Red Lion Road) over Huntingdon Valley Creek in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County; and
- Route 320 (Trinity Lane) over Gulph Mills Creek in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. Built in 1789, the Trinity Lane Bridge is also listed with the National Register of Historic Places and noted as the fifth oldest bridge in the Unites States of America.
J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on this bridge improvement project that is financed with 100 percent state funds. Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in late summer 2021.
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