Main Street bridge in Linfield re-opens
LIMERICK >> The bridge carrying Main Street over the Norfolk Southern Railroad in the Linfield section of the township has reopened to traffic.
PennDOT’s contractor replaced the existing parapet, bridge deck, sidewalk and protective fencing, as well as performed abutment repairs and paved bridge approaches.
Built in 1968, the singlespan steel beam bridge is 117 feet long and 44 feet wide. The structure carries an average of 5,681 vehicles a day.
The Main Street bridge is one of nine structures in Chester and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $7,296,296 project financed by Act 89, the state’s transportation plan.
Structures completed under this project include:
• Route 611 over Pennypack Creek in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County;
• Route 611 over the Pennsylvania Turnpike ramp in Upper Moreland, Montgomery County;
• Old Lancaster Road over Amtrak in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County
• Ross Fording Road over Octoraro Creek in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County;
• Quakertown Road over Macoby Creek in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County; and
• Route 63 (Welsh Road) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland townships, Montgomery County.
The bridge currently under construction is Boot Road over Route 100 in West Whiteland Township, Chester County.
The other bridge in this rehabilitation project was Whitford Road over Valley Creek in West Whiteland Township, Chester County.
Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in August 2020.
Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor on this bridge improvement project that is financed with 100 percent state funds.