Possible bridge projects in Tri-County region

Friday, state and federal officials touted $1.6 billion in bridge funding Pennsylvania will receive under the infrastructure bill passed by Congress in November.

No funding has been assigned to specific projects yet, but what follows is a small portion of the list of existing PennDOT projects in the greater Pottstown/ Tri-County area which could be candidates for the funding.

Berks County

• Weavertown Road bridge: Replacement — $3,595,735

• State Route 562 bridge over Monocacy Creek: Replace or rehabilitate — $10,000

• Gibraltar Road bridge: Rehabilitation — $1,730,000

• Manatawny Road over Manatawny Creek: Preservation — $25,705

• State Route 100 bridge over tributary of Perkiomen Creek: Rehabilitation — $29,335

• State Route 422, Ben Franklin congested corridor: Signal improvement — $3,836,580

• Huffs Church Road bridge over Perkiomen Creek: Rehabilitation — $37,516

Chester County

• U.S.422 bridges over Hanover Street and PA Route 100 in North Coventry: Reconstruction — $84,093,000

• Birchrun Road bridge over Birch Run in West Vincent: Replacement $1,277,000

• Conestoga Road (Route 401) bridge over Pickering Creek in Chester Springs: Replacement $1,857,000

Montgomery County

• State Route 23 and U.S. Route 422 Interchange in King of Prussia: Interchange Improvement — $14,785,000

• New Hanover Square Road bridge Swamp Creek in New Hanover: Replacement — $3,228,000

• US Route 422 bridge over Norfolk Southern tracks at Evergreen Road in Limerick: Reconstruct — $77,568,000

• North Charlotte Street (PA Route 663) bridge over a tributary of Minister Creek in New Hanover: Deck replacement — $2,887,000

• Congo Road bridge over Middle Creek in Gilbertsville: Replacement — $1,448,734

• Skippack Pike bridge over Skippack Creek in Evansburg State Park: Replacement — $5,569,000

• Niantic Road bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Douglass: Replacement — $1,817,000

• Ridge and Germantown pikes: Intersection re-alignment, and possible second bridge over Perkiomen Creek in Lower Providence Township — $16,700,000

• Perkiomenville Road bridge over Sciota Creek in Upper Frederick Township: Replacement — $2,790,000

MEDIANEWS GROUP FILE PHOTO A view of the bridge construction work on Route 422over the Schuylkill River between North Coventry and Lower Pottsgrove townships in 2016.