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    Route 724 over Allegheny Creek Bridge Replacement in Robeson Township, Berks County

    April 16, 2026

    The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 5 announced today work will begin Monday, April 20th, to replace the Route 724 Bridge over Allegheny Creek in Robeson Township, Berks County.

     

    Beginning on Monday, April 20th, Route 724 will be closed and detoured between Route 568 and Annon Street. The detour will utilize Gibraltar Road/West 47th Street, US 422 and Interstate 176. The truck detour will utilize Route 345, US 422, and I-176.

     

    The project involves replacing the existing single span steel I-beam bridge with a new single span pre-stressed concrete beam bridge. Other work includes approach roadway reconstruction, guide rail installation, and slope stabilization.

     

    The existing bridge is 73 feet long and 41 feet wide and was constructed in 1956. The new structure will be 76 feet long and 41 feet wide. This section of Route 724/Main Street has an average daily traffic of 12,618 vehicles.

    Lobar Site Development Corporation of Dillsburg, PA is the general contractor on the $2,796,216 project that is anticipated to be complete in October 2026.

     

    Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following local alerts on X.

     

    Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Berks, Carbon. Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District5.

     

    Information about infrastructure in District 5, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D5Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

     

    Find PennDOT news on X, Facebook, and Instagram.

     

    MEDIA CONTACT: Ronald J. Young, Jr., 610-871-4555, ronyoung@pa.gov; Sean A. Brown, 610-871-4556, sebrown@pa.gov.

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