Possible Chester County bridge projects

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 Chester County which could be candidates for the funding.

• U.S. Route 30 and PA Route 10 in Exton: Bypass reconstruction — $10,000,000

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

• Ewing Road bridge over White Clay Creek in East Fallowfield: Replacement — $1,581,000

• State Route 202 and State Route 926 in Westtown: Intersection

improvement — $4,541,000

• Ship Road bridge over Valley Creek in West Whiteland: Replacement — $1,419,000

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

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

• Lancaster Avenue (Route 322) bridge over Brandywine Creek in Downingtown: Rehabilitation — $7,761,000

The Schuylkill River was running high Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, under the Hanover Street bridge between Pottstown and North Coventry.