PennDOT - District 6 News: ? Southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) to be Restricted over Darby Creek in Tinicum Township, Delaware County

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PennDOT - District 6 News

​ Southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) to be Restricted over Darby Creek in Tinicum Township, Delaware County

King of Prussia, PA – Motorists traveling south on the bridge carrying Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) over Darby Creek in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, will encounter a left lane closure beginning Tuesday morning, August 10, due to steel I-beam deterioration discovered during a recent bridge inspection, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. 

The left lane on the southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) bridge will remain closed until PennDOT engineers can fully assess the damage and develop a plan to repair the structure. 

Motorists are advised to allow extra time for travel because backups and delays will occur.  

The Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) bridge over Darby Creek was built in 1930. The three-span I-beam multi-girder bridge is 237 feet long, 31 feet wide, and carries approximately 16,000 vehicles per day. The bridge is currently posted for 30 tons and is listed in poor condition.

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.  

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/phillypenndot and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Krys Johnson, 610-205-6797

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