PennDOT - District 6 News
Baltimore Pike Reopened After Culvert Replacement Completed in New Garden Township
King of Prussia, PA – Baltimore Pike reopened today following the completion of a culvert replacement over Red Clay Creek in New Garden Township, Chester County, under a project to rehabilitate or replace several poor condition structures in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
PennDOT's contractor replaced the 93-year-old structure, measuring 14 feet long and 38 feet wide, with a new box culvert. An average of 10,689 vehicles travel the road daily.
Other structures completed under this $6 million bridge improvement project include:
- Springton Road over Indian Run in Wallace Township, Chester County;
- West State Road over the west branch of Red Clay Creek in Kennett Township, Chester County;
- Stricklersville Road bridge over Christina River in Franklin and London Britain townships, Chester County;
- Route 282 (Creek Road) over a branch of the Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County;
- Clay Creek Road over White Clay Creek in Franklin Township, Chester County; and
- 2nd Avenue over Mingo Creek in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County.
Structures to be completed under this project include:
- Hulmeville Road over Chubb Run in Middletown Township and Penndel Borough, Bucks County.
Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, New Jersey is the general contractor on this bridge improvement project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay
warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit www.penndot.gov/District6TrafficBulletin.
Information about infrastructure in District 6 including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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