When it comes to building bridges, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced some good news and some bad news for area motorists.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, PennDOT opened all lanes on the newly built bridge carrying Route 322 (Brandywine Avenue/Downingtown Pike) over Brandywine Creek in East Caln Township, Downingtown Borough, and West Bradford Township, a press release said.
“The new structure will be safer for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians traveling over the Brandywine Creek with the addition of wider travel lanes and shoulders, and a protected sidewalk,” PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said. “The new bridge will serve the public for up to 100 years.”
PennDOT’s contractor worked over the past 17 months to build a new single span concrete bridge on a new alignment, and construct a new left turn lane for motorists traveling west on Route 322 (Brandywine Avenue/Downingtown Pike) to Bradford Avenue.
The new structure, which replaces a deficient 1929 bridge, is 167 feet long with 12-foot-wide travel lanes, an 8-foot-wide shoulder, and an 8-foot-wide sidewalk that also serves as a bicycle lane for Pennsylvania's Bike Route L.
Over the next few weeks, intermittent lane restrictions will occur on Route 322 (Brandywine Avenue/Downingtown Pike) while crews perform line-striping operations; install pavement markers and rumble strips; and complete some final operations, including installing a barrier railing and asphalt pedestrian trail.
A bridge still under reconstruction will require northbound Route 202 to be closed at the Paoli Pike interchange in West Goshen Township, on Monday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m., to Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5 a.m. for the removal of an overhead bridge beam, the release said.
During this overnight operation, northbound Route 202 motorists will be detoured to the Boot Road Interchange. Drivers will exit at Paoli Pike and proceed east to the Boot Road intersection, where they will turn left and follow Boot Road to the on-ramp to Route 202 North.
In addition, the Route 202 North ramp to Route 322 West will be closed and detoured both nights. Route 202 North motorists en route to Route 322 West will exit at Paoli Pike and proceed west to the Montgomery Avenue intersection. Drivers will then turn right and follow Montgomery Avenue/Marshall Street to Goshen Road, then take Goshen Road to Phoenixville Pike, then turn left at Phoenixville Pike and follow it to Route 322 West.
This operation is part of PennDOT’s project to repair the structurally deficient Fern Hill Road Bridge over Route 202, which was struck and damaged by an oversized truck last November, according to the release.
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