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A road closure will affect Upper Dublin residents on Wednesday night through early Thursday morning.
The Ambler Borough Police Department recently announced the detour as construction ramps up a bridge project along Butler Pike.
Starting Wednesday, June 11 at 8 p.m., Butler Pike will be closed between Morris Road in Upper Dublin Township and Maple Avenue in Ambler Borough, for overnight crane work to install the second phase culvert elements at the County Bridge 83A project site.
According to township officials, a temporary, full detour will be in place for the overnight operation, which is expected to last until 5 a.m. on Thursday, June 12.
Motorists are being advised to follow the temporary detour during those hours.
About the Project
The bridge spans Prophecy Creek and is considered structurally deficient, prompting the county to initiate a full replacement to ensure safety and reliability.
The contractor, J.D. Morrissey, Inc., is reconstructing the bridge at a cost of $2.365 million.
Bridge 83A is a two-span reinforced concrete slab originally built in 1926. The full replacement project will consist of a two-phase construction to allow continuous traffic flow in and out of the Borough of Ambler. The new structure will be a pre-fabricated concrete box culvert with cast-in-place (CIP) elements.
The Phase 1 construction is complete. All downstream elements of the new culvert were set and sealed. The structure was backfilled and waterproofing was applied to the seams. The concrete deck was poured and cured prior to the addition of the barrier wall. The bituminous paving work was completed on the east side of the roadway. The Verizon relocation work is nearing completion, which will be followed by the removal of the conduit structure on the phase 2 side of the structure.
