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Work to repair the structurally deficient Tyburn Road bridge that crosses the Amtrak and SEPTA train lines in Falls Township has concluded.
PennDOT officials announced last week that the $14.9 million project to rehabilitate he four-span bridge began in March 2013 was completed by contractor HRI Inc. of State College.
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“The rehabilitation and improvement of the Tyburn Road bridge certainly benefits the local community as the bridge will provide restriction-free travel for decades to come along this key corridor that serves as a direct connection between U.S. 13 and local industrial parks,” PennDOT District Executive Kenneth M. McClain said.
HRI crews restored the steel-I beam bridge by removing and replacing the bridge deck and 10 beams; stabilizing the embankments; and paving the roadway approaches.
On an average day, 9,200 vehicles travel across the 291-foot-long bridge that was constructed in 1955.
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The bridge’s condition was so bad that it was narrowed to one-lane in each direction in July 2011, PennDOT officials said.
Prior to this improvement project, PennDOT invested $12.4 million in 2010 and 2011 to rehabilitate and restore the Tyburn Road bridges over Newbold Road, Old Tybburn Road, Warner Company Road, Conrail and Pennsylvania Avenue in Falls Township.
