Skippack Pike over Skippack Creek Bridge Replacement
Project Location
Overview
This project includes the replacement of the Skippack Pike (Route 73) bridge over Skippack Creek in Skippack Township, Montgomery County. Located approximately 0.8 miles east of the Village of Skippack and within Evansburg State Park. The existing two-span reinforced concrete T-beam bridge, constructed in 1935, has a curb-to-curb width of 40 feet and accommodates 12-foot travel lanes, a 3-foot shoulder, a 5-foot sidewalk along the westbound travel lane, and an 8-foot shoulder along the eastbound travel lane. The project will be built under 3 stages of construction, with one lane of traffic in each direction maintained.
The following work is proposed as part of this project:
- Replacement of the existing structure with a single-span, reinforced concrete PA Bulb-tee bridge carrying two 12-foot travel lanes and 8.3-foot shoulders resulting in a total curb-to-curb width of 40.6 feet.
- Shifting of the western bridge abutment by approximately 15 feet to the west and the eastern bridge abutment by 5 feet to the east.
- Raising of the vertical roadway profile, installation of new guide rail, and regrading of approach roadway embankments
- Replacement of the existing sidewalk on the bridge with a barrier-separated, 7.5-foot wide sidewalk along the bridge.
- Installation of new stormwater inlets along the western approach roadway and new stormwater outfalls in the southwestern and northeastern quadrants of the proposed structure.
- On the western approach, a sidewalk will tie into the existing DCNR-owned and maintained parking lot. On the eastern approach, the sidewalk will terminate shortly after the bridge to a graded shoulder.
- Aesthetic treatments for the bridge.