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The existing two-span, 37-foot-long North Locust Street Bridge over Santo Domingo Creek carried 2,400 vehicles per day through Lititz Borough but was structurally deficient due to scour and poor pier condition. Looking for one less structurally deficient bridge in their community, the Borough received federal monies to replace the concrete slab bridge. The Borough wanted…
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Built in 1916 as a one-lane, reinforced-concrete tied-arch structure carrying Auction Road over Big Chiques Creek in Penn and Rapho Townships, Auction Road Bridge was one of only four reinforced-concrete through-arch-style bridges remaining in the commonwealth eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. However, the historically significant structure was no longer able…
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Built in 1955, Hawk Falls Bridge (NB-610) is one of only four deck truss structures on the Pennsylvania Turnpike similar to Minnesota’s I-35W bridge, which collapsed. The bridge spans 738 feet and rises 200 feet over Mud Run in Penn Forest and Kidder Townships. The bridge’s leaking deck joints were removed but had already caused…
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Interstate 76 (I-76), or the Schuylkill Expressway, is one of the busiest roads in the state. With the approximately 120,000 daily drivers traveling around Philadelphia and Montgomery County on this major highway, safety is paramount. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Engineering District 6-0 wanted to evaluate all the bridges in the county along this corridor. That’s…
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