County: Lehigh
Municipality: Whitehall Township/Catasauqua Borough
Road name: Race Street Bridge over the Lehigh River
Between: Lehigh Avenue (Whitehall Township) and Lehigh Street (Catasauqua Borough)
Type of work: Bridge Repair
Work being done by: PennDOT Contractor
Type of restriction: 24 Hours
Restriction: Race Street is closed and detoured for superstructure replacement of the Race Street Bridge over the Lehigh River in Whitehall Township and Catasauqua Borough. The work includes removing the existing bridge deck and sidewalk, bridge beam repairs, replacing the bridge deck and sidewalk, paving of the bridge approaches, and new signage/pavement markings.
Race Street is closed and detoured between Lehigh Avenue in Whitehall Township and Lehigh Street in Catasauqua Borough. The detours are as follows:
- Eastbound car detour will utilize Lehigh Avenue to Main Street to 1st Avenue to Pine Street to 2nd Street.
- Westbound car detour will utilize Front Street to Pine Street to 1st Avenue to Race Street.
- Truck detour will utilize 1st Avenue, 3rd Street, Fullerton Avenue, North Front Street, American Parkway, North Bradford Street, Dauphine Street, and Lehigh Street.
- Pedestrian detour will utilize Race Street, 1st Street, Main Street, Pine Street, and Front Street.
In conjunction with the bridge work, there will be a temporary traffic signal installed at the intersection of Race Street and 2nd Street along the detour route.
This work is part of the $6,123,926 project to rehabilitate the Race Street Bridge over the Lehigh River. The prime contractor on the project is PKF-Mark III, Inc of Newton, PA.
The Race Street bridge is a 4-span, 386 foot long, steel I-beam bridge originally built in 1957. The average daily traffic is 10,691 vehicles.
Start date: 7/10/23
Est completion date: 8/28/23
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 12:00 AM To 12:00 AM
Will rain cause delays? No
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