How to get around on Delco’s roads this week
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has reopened the bridge carrying Market Street over Amtrak and SEPTA railroad tracks in Marcus Hook and Lower Chichester Township.
Work will continue through April 2020 to construct and improve pedestrian access to SEPTA facilities, which may require periodic lane restrictions on the bridge, but no full closures are planned, according to PennDOT.
The old 17-span reinforced concrete T-beam bridge was replaced with a new four-span, continuous prestressed box beam bridge. The new structure is 343 feet long, 40 feet wide, and was constructed on a new alignment and widened to meet current design standards. The bridge approaches were also regraded and resurfaced to enhance travel and safety.
Road-Con, Inc., of West Chester, Chester County, is the general contractor on the $21,392,398 project, which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state funds.
• PennDOT is planning lane restrictions on several state highways this week as part of a project to esurface more than 200 miles of state highways in the area. Lane restrictions are planned at the following times and locations in Delaware County:
• Nov. 10 through Nov.
12, Dilworthtown Road between Westtown Thornton Road and Chester County
Line in Thornbury, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for base repair;
• Nov. 10 through Nov.
15, North Wayne Avenue between Lancaster Avenue and West Avenue in Radnor, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 5 p.m. for milling and paving operations;
• Nov. 11 and 12, Monday, Eagle Road between Township Line Road and Earlington Road in Haverford, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for high friction treatment; and
• Nov. 13 and 14, Brintons Bridge Road/Dilworthtown Road between Birmingham Road and Westtown Thornton Road in Thornbury, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for paving operations.
• PennDOt has additionally planned overnight lane closures over the following two weeks for guide rail repairs on several state highways, including Interstate 95, Interstate 476 and U.S. 1.
The work will take place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Nov. 10 through Nov. 26 at the following locations:
• I-95 in both directions between the Delaware State Line and Bartram Avenue Interchange in Chester, Chichester, Lower Chichester, Tinicum, Ridley, Ridley Park, Upland and Chester;
• I-476 in both directions between I-95 and the Montgomery County Line in Ridley, Nether Providence, Marple, Haverford and Radnor; and
• U.S. 1 in both directions between the Chester County Line and the Montgomery County Line in Upper Darby, Haverford, Springfield, Marple, Upper Providence, Middletown, Concord and Chester Heights.
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Delco motorists should also be aware of the following roadwork this week: Middletown
• Baltimore Pike, periodic lane closures between Pennell Road and Valley Road, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and some possibly some Saturdays from through June 2020 for utility and road work. Brookhaven and Parkside
• Edgmont Avenue, lane closures and traffic shifts in both directions between Whiteley Road and Roland Road, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov.
11 through Nov. 15 for milling and paving operations.
Upper Darby and Haverford
• Township Line Road, single lane closure between West Chester Pike and Haverford Avenue, 7 p.m. to
3 a.m. Nov. 11 through Nov.
15 for utility construction.
• For information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot. gov