The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 5 announced today work has begun to replace the Route 715 bridge over McMichael Creek in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County.
The existing two-span stone masonry arch bridge is being replaced with a single-span concrete arch culvert.
Beginning today Route 715 is closed and detoured while crews replace the bridge. Passenger vehicle traffic is being detoured on Camp Akiba and Sterling roads.
Truck traffic is being detoured on Sugar Hollow Road, State Road, Route 115, US 209, Greenview Drive and Neola Road.
Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, PA is the general contractor on the $1,505,741 project that is anticipated to be complete in May.
The Route 715 bridge was constructed in 1910. It was 23 feet long, 23 feet wide and was posted with a 15 ton weight restriction.
The new bridge will be 32 feet long, 36 feet wide and will have no weight restriction. This section of Route 715 has an average daily traffic volume of 5,245 vehicles.
For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department's Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Ronald J. Young, Jr., M.P.A., 610-871-4555, ronyoung@pa.gov; Sean A. Brown, 610-871-4556, sebrown@pa.gov.
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