After nearly 2½ years, construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 26, to replace the Burnt Mill Road bridge over a branch of the Red Clay Creek in Kennett Township, PennDOT announced.
The bridge was closed on April 25, 2014, after a bridge inspection determined that the steel beams had deteriorated beyond the point where it could safely carry vehicular traffic, a PennDOT press release said.
During construction, Burnt Mill Road through traffic will continue to be detoured over Norway and Spring Mill roads. Local access is being maintained up to the construction zone. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area.
Over the next three months, PennDOT will construct a single-span, reinforcement concrete rigid frame bridge. The new structure will be 27 feet wide and 25 feet long. It will have two nine-foot travel lanes and two two-foot shoulders, the release said.
The existing one-span, steel I-beam bridge was built in 1935 and re-decked in 1979. It was posted with a 12-ton weight limit at the time of the closure. The one-lane, 22- foot- long, 16–foot-wide bridge carried 524 vehicles a day.
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading...
Comments