Traffic & Transit
Major Bridge Across Schuylkill River To Be Rebuilt In Pottstown
The crucial connector between Montgomery and Chester counties has been shuttered since 2010 due to structural deficiencies.
POTTSTOWN, PA — Groundbreaking will be held Tuesday a reconstruction project to improve the Keim Street Bridge in Pottstown, officials announced.
The project will formally begin with a ceremony at 1 p.m. Monday near 1575 Industrial Highway.
The 800-foot long bridge was built in 1935 and connects Pottstown with North Coventry Township in Chester County on the other side of the Schuylkill River.
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It has been closed since 2010 due to structural deficiencies in the eight span, steel-pony truss.
The new bridge will feature 11-foot wide driving lanes in both directions, four-foot wide shoulders, and a six-foot wide sidewalk.
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The $20 million project is funded with 80 percent federal funds, 15 percent state funds, and 5 percent Montgomery County funds.
Montgomery County commissioners will be joined by State Reps. Joe Ciresi and Paul Friel, as well as Pottstown borough council president Dan Weand, at Monday's groundbreaking.
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