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Ronald J. Young, Jr., M.P.A.

610-871-4555 | ronyoung@pa.gov

District Press Officer

​Susquehanna Valley Construction Corporation of New Cumberland, Pa., is the general contractor on the $4,949,989 project.      

The PA 901 Bridge is a steel I-beam bridge that was constructed in 1938. It is 102 feet long and 33.5 feet wide. The new one will be a 41.5-foot-wide, 99-foot-long pre-stressed concrete adjacent box beam bridge. This section of PA 901 has an average daily traffic volume of 11,269 vehicles.

The Beckville Road Bridge is a concrete T-beam bridge that was constructed in 1927. It is 82 feet long and 36 feet wide. The new one will be a 44-foot-wide, 73-foot-long pre-stressed concrete adjacent box beam bridge. This section of Beckville Road has an average daily traffic volume of 1,875 vehicles.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

Motorists can check 511PA before we they travel for the latest conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 950 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

Follow regional PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAAllentown, and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation.  

River Street will be closed to through traffic between PA 901 and Birch Street, and Mengle Street will be closed to through traffic between PA 901 (at Beckville Road) and PA 901 (at Woodland Drive). River Street through traffic will be detoured on Birch Street and PA 901. Mengle Street through traffic will be detoured on PA 901.

Later in the project the Beckville Road bridge will be closed with passenger vehicle traffic being detoured on Wilder Street, PA 183 and PA 901. There will be a separate truck detour for Beckville Road, with trucks being routed on PA 443, PA 61 and PA 183.

Updates will be provided whenever traffic patterns change.