The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 5 announced today work has begun to replace the Route 611/North Delaware Drive bridge over Oughoughton Creek in Washington Township, Northampton County.
The existing single-span steel I-beam bridge is being replaced with a single-span concrete box culvert.
As of today, Route 611 is closed and detoured while crews replace the bridge. Traffic is being detoured on Richmond Road, Martins Creek Belvidere Highway, and Mount Pleasant Road.
Grace Industries, Inc. of Bath, PA is the general contractor on the $1,723,708 project that is anticipated to be complete in November.
The Route 611 bridge was constructed in 1926. It is 38 feet long and 26.3 feet wide. The new bridge will be 30 feet long and 33.5 feet wide. This section of Route 611 has an average daily traffic volume of 3,747 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., 610-871-4555, ronyoung@pa.gov; Sean A. Brown, 610-871-4556, sebrown@pa.gov.
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