Expect Traffic Delays In Pottstown Next Week

From PennDOT Assistant Press Secretary Gene Blaum:

Motorists traveling south on Route 100 in Pottstown will encounter intermittent, overnight traffic stoppages April 16-20 at the bridge over the Schuylkill River as construction advances on the $6 million project to rehabilitate the 58-year-old structure, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said today.

A series of 15-minute traffic stoppages will occur on southbound Route 100 in Pottstown from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday for construction of the new concrete deck on the west side of the bridge. Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel during this overnight concrete pouring operation. 

PennDOT’s contractor is rehabilitating the former structurally deficient bridge by removing and replacing the deck; repairing the steel floor beams and steel stringer beams that support the deck; painting structural steel; and repairing concrete abutments at both ends of the structure.

One lane of northbound and southbound Route 100 traffic is currently running on the east side of the bridge, which was rebuilt in 2011. The bridge will reopen to four lanes when construction is completed by October 2012. 

The Route 100 bridge is 817 feet long and 63 feet wide. The bridge was originally built in 1954 and reconstructed in 1973.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N. J. is the general contractor on the project that is financed with 100 percent state funds.

PennDOT reminds motorists they can log on to www.511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions on major highways before heading out.

Learn more at www.dot.state.pa.us. 

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