Route 232 Bridge Repairs To Last Into October

NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —Bridge repairs are starting on Route 232 in Northampton and Wrightstown townships on Wednesday with the work expected to last into early October, PennDOT said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that construction will begin on the Route 232 (Second Street Pike) bridge over Neshaminy Creek in Northampton and Wrightstown townships under a project to repair six bridges in Bucks and Chester counties that sustained damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in September 2021.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Wednesday, Sept. 13, through early October, weekday periodic 15-minute lane closures will take place on Route 232 (Second Street Pike) between Swamp Road and Twining Road.

Built in 1982, the 48-foot-wide structure carries an average of 7,264 vehicles per day.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays may occur. The schedule is weather-dependent.

This work is one of six structures that PennDOT’s contractor will repair and reinforce the support systems and foundations of the structures to maintain them as safe and efficient crossings for the traveling public.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Gallows Hill Road over Hollow Run in Durham Township, Bucks County
• Pennock Bridge Road over Branch of White Clay Creek, New London Township, Chester County
• Yellow Springs Road bridge over branch of Pine Creek in West Pikeland Township, Chester County
• Pikeland Road over Branch of Pickering Creek, Charlestown Township, Chester County.

Other structures scheduled for rehabilitation include the following:

• Route 926 (Street Road) over Branch of White Clay Creek, West Marlborough Township, Chester County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, NJ, is the general contractor on the $815,000 bridge rehabilitation project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

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.

Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.