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    PennDOT Completes Ashbourne Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project in Cheltenham Township

    August 22, 2024

    King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction has been completed on a project to rehabilitate the Ashbourne Road bridge over branch of Tookany Creek in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County.

    Under this project, PennDOT's contractor rehabilitated the 114-year-old brick arch, single-span bridge with reconstructed spandrel walls, wing walls, and parapets. Approximately, 1,609 vehicles travel the 38-foot-wide, 12-foot-long structure daily.  

    Ashbourne Road bridge is one of seven structures in Bucks and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is rehabilitating or replacing under a $7,987,000 project. 

    The other structures scheduled for culvert replacements include the following:

    Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, is the general contractor on the project, which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

    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 regional X alerts.

    For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

    Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.

    Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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    MEDIA CONTACT: Robyn Briggs, robbriggs@pa.gov​
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