Detour will be in place
CLEARFIELD – Starting March 18, a detour will be in place as work begins to replace the Sulphur Run Bridge on Route 2035 (Main Street) in the village of Winburne, Clearfield County.
PennDOT’s official, nine-mile detour will make use of Route 2032 (Old Turnpike Road/Sington Road), Route 53 and Route 2037 (Winburne Road/Main Street). The detour will remain in place until the new bridge is open to traffic.
Pedestrian access will be provided via a temporary pedestrian crossing, built upstream of the existing bridge.
The current bridge was built in 1936 and carries an average of almost 500 vehicles daily. It is posted for a 32-ton weight for single vehicles and 38-tons for combination vehicles. Replacing the bridge will eliminate the posting and allow PennDOT to remove the bridge from the structurally deficient list.
Overall work will include replacement of the current bridge with a new, 26-foot, single span, concrete bridge, roadway re-construction, drainage and guide rail updates, sewer line relocation and miscellaneous items. All work is weather and schedule dependent.
Horizon Construction Group of Sandy Lake is the contractor on this $665,000 project. The new bridge is expected to open by late October. Drivers are reminded to follow detour signs, obey posted speed limits and use caution in and around work zones.
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