PENNDOT TO REHABILITATE POCOPSON ROAD BRIDGE OVER POCOPSON CREEK IN CHESTER COUNTY

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King of Prussia, PA – Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, April 30, to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Pocopson Road over Pocopson Creek in Pennsbury and Pocopson townships, Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

PennDOT’s contractor will be removing and rebuilding three of the four wingwalls and performing other miscellaneous repairs on the structure.

Due to the nature of the repairs, Pocopson Road will be closed and detoured between Route 926 (Street Road) and Parkersville Road through the completion of the project scheduled for September.

During the four-month closure, Pocopson Road motorists will be directed to use Route 926 (Street Road) and Parkersville Road. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area because slowdowns will occur.

Built in 1929, the single-span concrete encased steel I-beam bridge is 32 feet long, 20 feet wide and carries an average of 1,685 vehicles a day.

This bridge rehabilitation is being performed under PennDOT’s $11,766,000 project to rehabilitate 10 structurally-deficient bridges in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, and replace six structurally-deficient culverts in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties.

Beginning Monday, April 23, PennDOT’s contractor will begin rehabilitation on the structure carrying Grubbs Mill Road over Crum Creek in Willistown Township, Chester County, which was closed in March due to structural damage sustained from impact by a vehicle.

The bridges/culverts currently under construction include:

• Street Road over Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County;
• MacDade Boulevard over the Muckinipattis Creek in Glenolden Borough, Delaware County; and
• White Horse Road over a branch of Pickering Creek in Schuylkill Township, Chester County.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Rocky Ridge Road over a branch of Tohickon Creek in Richland Township, Bucks County;
• State Road over a branch of Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County;
• Route 282 (Creek Road) over a branch of Brandywine Creek in East Brandywine Township, Chester County;
• Route 113 (Souderton Road) over Mill Creek in Hilltown Township, Bucks County;
• Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia;
• The historic Loux Covered Bridge over Cabin Run on Carver-Wismer Road in Bedminster Township, Bucks County;
• Oxford Valley Road over U.S. 1 in Falls, Lower Makefield and Middletown townships, Bucks County;
• Route 663 (Layfield Road) bridge over Green Lane Reservoir Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County;
• Edenton Road bridge over Rattlesnake Run in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County;
• Torresdale Avenue bridge over Academy Road in Philadelphia; and
• Route 82 (Doe Run Road) over a branch of Sucker Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor on this project that is financed with 100 percent state funds through Act 89, Pennsylvania’s transportation plan. Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2019.