BEING LATE MEANS DAILY FINES – In what sounded like a tip of its hat to the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Tuesday (April 13, 2010) that the contractor refurbishing the East High Street, Pottstown PA, stone-arch bridge which crosses Sanatoga Creek near Cutillo’s Restaurant would be fined $9,400 daily for each day the bridge was closed after Aug. 31. Commissioners voiced concerns in recent months that bridge detours would still be in effect after school started in the Pottsgrove School District. The repair agreement with Crossing Construction Company Inc. of Washington Crossing PA is intended to ensure that doesn’t happen, PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said. Orange spray-painted pavement markings, above, indicated Tuesday where construction crews might begin their work next week as repairs get under way.
Traffic lane shifts across the bridge during weekdays (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and some weekends (6 p.m. Fridays to 6 a.m. Mondays) will be necessary beginning Monday (April 19). The bridge will then be closed from June through late August. A posted detour will take motorists over Evergreen Road, Route 422 and Armand Hammer Boulevard. “While the majority of the work will be done under traffic, we must close the bridge for two months to safely rebuild major portions of the bridge,” Toaso said. Structural problems with the bridge were clearly visible Tuesday along its north wall, where cracks, missing pieces of stone, and an outward bulge from bottom to top are evident.
Related (to the East High Street bridge):
- PennDOT To Fine Contractor For Bridge Work Delays
- Traffic Pattern Shifts Ahead At High Street Bridge
- State Says High St. Bridge Repairs To Cost $2.2M
- PennDOT Offer Sanatoga Bridge Work Timeline
- Details Are In That Pesky Paperwork
- PennDOT Set For Meeting On Bridge Work
- Missing Walks Latest Bridge Complaint
- Will Road Be Closed When School Re-Opens?
- State Says No To Keeping Bridge Open
- Township Looks To Pols For Bridge Help
- Bridge Closing Threatens Businesses, Board Says
- Sanatoga Bridge Closing This Spring
- Bridge Repairs Next Year
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