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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that on Monday, April 16, its contractor will close the bridge that carries Frogtown Road over Pequea Creek as crews begin demolition of the existing bridge superstructure at the Martic-Conestoga Township Line in southern Lancaster County. This portion of Frogtown Road, officially designated as State Route 3023, averages more than 500 vehicles traveled daily. PennDOT awarded the $676,579 contract on February 12, 2018, to Kevin E. Raker, LLC, of Sunbury, Northumberland County. Work includes removing the existing 68-year-old structurally deficient span, replacing the steel beams and concrete bridge deck, minor roadway approach work, and new guiderail, signs and pavement markings. PennDOT advises motorists that Frogtown Road will be closed to through traffic over Pequea Creek for up to 100 days while the superstructure is replaced. Until then, a detour which follows Main Street in the Village of Conestoga, New Danville Pike, and Route 324 is available for motorists. Milling and paving work may be conducted after the bridge is opened to traffic under short-term single-lane alternating traffic patterns. Work under this construction contract is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2018. The existing bridge was built in 1950 and has a posted 23-ton weight limit. Once the superstructure is replaced and the roadway is reopened to traffic, the weight restriction will be lifted and the bridge will be removed from the list of structurally deficient bridges. |
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