Route 52 (Lenape Road) Bridge Rehabilitation

The Route 52 (Lenape Road) bridge over Brandywine Creek Floodplain in Birmingham Township, Chester County was reopened in June 2020, following successful rehabilitation.

Under this rehabilitation project, PennDOT repaired, strengthened and restored the previously deteriorating seven-span, stone masonry arch bridge by removing the bituminous pavement and earth fill; removed and salvaged the parapet stones, capstones and pipe railing; rebuilt deteriorated portions of the spandrel and wing walls; constructed a full-width concrete slab with integral concrete barriers faced with stone from the bridge; reinstalled masonry capstones with repainted pipe railing; repointed the masonry as required; salvaged and reset the bridge plaque; and installed brown painted guide rail.

In addition, the contractor rebuilt the stone walls at the north end of the bridge at the Route 52 (Lenape Road) and Creek Road intersection and moved the walls a bit further away from the intersection to provide additional room for vehicular turning moves.

A permanent flashing yellow left turn arrow was also installed under this project on eastbound Route 926 (Street Road) for left turns onto northbound Pocopson Road.

Chester County: 3.44 million

Chestnut Street Bridges

PennDOT is rehabilitating, repairing and repainting the steel superstructure and replacing the deck of the Chestnut Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River that connects Center City Philadelphia with University City and West Philadelphia. The project also will replace the decks of three adjacent Chestnut Street bridges (over 30th Street and Amtrak; over CSX rail lines; and over 24th Street), two viaducts on Schuylkill Avenue and two ramp structures for I-76 (Chestnut Street WB off-ramp, Walnut Street EB on-ramp).

The project also includes resurfacing Chestnut Street from 31st Street to 30th Street, and from 24th Street to 23rd Street, constructing wider sidewalks and installing decorative barrier and railings on the Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue bridges; rehabilitating a 900-foot section of the river wall structure between I-76 and the Schuylkill River from Market Street and Walnut Street; rehabilitating a 15-foot section of the retaining wall supporting the Schuylkill River Trail under Chestnut Street; installing new traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) equipment, and street lighting along Chestnut Street between 31st Street and 23rd Street; replacing millennium lighting on Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill River; constructing a new trellis at the Chestnut Street Trailhead to the Schuylkill River Trail; restriping pavement markings for a bicycle lane on Chestnut Street between 34th Street and 22nd Street; and installing a new clear acrylic barrier along Amtrak Northeast Corridor tracks located on the west side of Schuylkill Avenue West between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street.

Construction began in August 2017 and is scheduled to finish in the first half of 2021.

Philadelphia County: $102.8 million

U.S. 1 Improvements

U.S. 1 Section RC1 is the first of three construction contracts to rebuild and widen U.S. 1; replace aging bridges; and install safety enhancements along a four-mile section of the expressway from just north of the City of Philadelphia to just north of Route 413 (Pine Street) in Middletown Township and Langhorne Borough.

Improvements under this first contract include constructing a third travel lane along U.S. 1 in each direction from the Route 132 (Street Road) interchange to just north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange; building an auxiliary lane along U.S 1 in each direction between the Route 132 (Street Road) and Pennsylvania Turnpike interchanges; raising the profile of U.S. 1 from south of the Route 132 (Street Road) Interchange to north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange to improve vertical clearances for U.S. 1 structures over Route 132 (Street Road), the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange ramps; upgrading U.S. 1 interchanges at Route 132 (Street Road) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike; adding a northbound right-turn lane along U.S. 1 from Old Lincoln Highway to Route 132 (Street Road); reconfiguring the Route 132 (Street Road) Interchange and adding a ramp from Route 132 (Street Road) eastbound to U.S. 1 southbound; increasing the existing loop ramp radius to improve design speed to 30 miles-per-hour and incorporating a second lane on the U.S 1 northbound exit ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike; removing the existing bridge that carries U.S. 1 over a closed private access road; and reconstructing four bridges.

Additionally, this project includes the construction of a sound barrier and retaining wall; installation of 13 sign structures, traffic signals and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment along the corridor; relocation of sanitary sewer and water service lines; upgrades to drainage and stormwater systems; and construction of on-site and off-site mitigation sites.

Construction began in October 2018 and is scheduled to finish by the end of 2022.

Bucks County: $95.1 million