Lower State Road To Close For Culvert Replacement Starting Jan. 3

DOYLESTOWN, PA — A project to replace the culvert carrying Lower State Road over Mill Creek is scheduled to begin Jan. 3, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Thursday.

Lower State Road will be closed and detoured between Bristol Road and Old New Road beginning that day until the project's expected completion in early April.

During the closure, drivers on Lower State Road will be directed to use Bristol Road, Butler Avenue, and Tamenend Avenue/Almshouse Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

The current structure, built in 1907, will be replaced with a new box culvert. The structure carries an average of 7,632 vehicles a day.

Lower State Road culvert is one of seven structures in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing or replacing under a $6.5 million project financed with 100 percent state funds.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Saginaw Road over Big Elk Creek in East Nottingham and New London townships, Chester County; and
• Richlandtown Pike over Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County

Other structures scheduled for replacement/rehabilitation include the following:

• Barnsley Road over branch of Northeast Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County;
• U.S. 1 and I-295 Interchange ramps;
• 5th Street over Little Elk Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County; and
• Washington Lane over branch of Pennypack Creek in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, is the general contractor on the bridge/culvert improvement project. Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in winter of 2024.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

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