PennDOT Looking To Rehabilitate St. David's Bridge

NEWTOWN SQUARE–The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is looking to rehabilitate the old 24-feet-long and 25-feet-wide St. David's Road bridge in Newtown Township.

Representatives from PennDOT came before the Board of Supervisors on Monday evening to present the bridge's rehabilitation plan and detour plan.

The bridge is located at Saint Davids Road and Paper Mill Road in Newtown Square, just over the Radnor Township border.

If the detour plan is approved, local traffic will have to use N. Newtown Road/Rt. 252, Goshen Road, and Darby-Paoli Road to bypass the construction activities.

However, according to Newtown Township Manager Mike Trio, a proposed detour plan that was presented to the township back in November indicated a different route, in which traffic north of Waterloo Road would drive a clockwise route back to the construction site.

"We thought that was more appropriate for that site. We didn’t understand why in the interim that that detour was changed," addressed Trio to the supervisors. "We also found–I believe the police identified a day or so ago that the Darby-Paoli bridge near the Willows is out. There was an emergency closure of that bridge and we're just concerned with a few issues with this detour route that it may deflect traffic more into the neighborhoods as opposed to staying on the state roadways."