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• CONTRACTOR MOVES STATE DATE TO WEDNESDAY TO REHABILITATING ROUTE 1 TWIN BRIDGES OVER THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER IN PHILADELPHIA |
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News for Immediate Release
March 1, 2010
Contractor Moves State Date to Wednesday to Rehabilitating Route 1 Twin Bridges over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
King of Prussia – PennDOT District 6 announced today that a $10.7 million project to rehabilitate the Route 1 Twin Bridges over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia will start Wednesday (March 1), not today as previously announced, due to a change in the schedule by the general contractor. This project is financed with federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Beginning Wednesday (March 3), the Route 1 northbound left lanes will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p. m. while crews survey and layout the project and begin preliminary demolition. The work is weather permitting. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through this area as delays will occur.
The work is part of PennDOT’s project to rehabilitate the deck, superstructure and substructure of the Roosevelt Expressway twin bridges over the Schuylkill River.
The Route 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) twin bridges are steel-plate girder structures that move northbound and southbound traffic between Interstate 76 and Roosevelt Boulevard. The northbound bridge is 11-spans and 1,921 feet long and the southbound structure is 12 spans and 1,990 feet long. Both bridges are steel plate girder bridges spanning the Schuylkill River, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Kelly Drive, Ridge Avenue, ramps to and from Ridge Avenue, and railroad tracks. The bridges were built in 1960 and partially reconstructed in 1985. Each bridge carries three 12-foot travel lanes and two 2-foot shoulders.
The average daily traffic on the twin bridges is 109,931 vehicles per day.
Buckley and Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the $10,760,387 project which is funded with 100 percent federal ARRA funds. Construction is expected to be completed by February 2011.
PennDOT reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions on major highways before heading out.
For more information, visit www.dot.state.pa.us/district6 or call 610.205.6700.
Media contact: Charles Metzger, PennDOT Community Relations Coordinator, 610.205.6801. |
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