King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction will begin on a project to rehabilitate one bridge and replace six culverts to maintain safe and efficient crossings for the traveling public in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
Beginning Monday, April 8 construction will begin on the Ashbourne Road bridge over Branch of Tookany Creek in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County. PennDOT's contractor will rehabilitate the brick arch, single-span bridge with reconstruction of spandrel walls, wing walls, and parapets with concrete stone facing walls.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:
- Monday, April 8, through early August, Ashbourne Road will be closed between Old York Road and Park Avenue. During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Mountain Avenue, Union Avenue, Montgomery Avenue, Ashbourne Road, New Second Street, Church Road, and Route 611 (Old York Road). In addition, pedestrians will be detoured across Park Avenue, Elkins Avenue, Spring Avenue, and Route 611 (Old York Avenue).
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area because backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
Built in 1910, the Ashbourne Road bridge is 38 feet wide and carries an average of 1,609 vehicles a day.
Ashbourne Road bridge is one of seven structures in Bucks and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is rehabilitating or replacing under this $7,987,000 project.
The other structures scheduled for culvert replacements include the following:
Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, is the general contractor on the project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 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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Contact: Robyn Briggs, robbriggs@pa.gov
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