PennDOT - District 6 News
PennDOT Reopens Washington Lane Culvert in Lower Moreland Township
King of Prussia, PA – Washington Lane has reopened between Route 63 (Welsh Road) and Terwood Road in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, following the replacement of the culvert carrying Washington Lane over branch of Pennypack Creek, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
The new box culvert, which replaced the original structure built in 1931, carries an average of 1,271 vehicles daily.
This work is one of seven structures in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing/replacing under a $6.5 million project financed with 100 percent state funds.
Structures completed under this project include:
- Saginaw Road over Big Elk Creek in East Nottingham and New London townships, Chester County;
- Richlandtown Pike over Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County;
- U.S. 1 and I-295 Interchange ramps;
- Lower State Road over branch of Mill Creek in Doylestown Township, Bucks County; and
- Barnsley Road over branch of Northeast Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County.
Another structure in construction for replacement includes the following:
- 5th Street over Little Elk Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County.
Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor on the bridge/culvert improvement project.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com or downloading the 511PA mobile application. 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 the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.
Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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