CLEARFIELD – Bridge replacement work on Route 879 in Goshen Township, Clearfield County, will get under way Wednesday, April 6, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
The bridge spans Trout Run, in the village of Shawville. Replacing the bridge will remove it from Clearfield County’s structurally deficient list and provide area drivers with a new, modern structure.
Preliminary work has been completed, including a temporary causeway and the installation of a self-regulating portable traffic signal in both directions, and an additional signal located beside the Shawville post office.
Starting April 6, traffic signals will enforce an alternating traffic pattern across the bridge, using a single 11-foot lane. Motorists will need to take turns crossing the bridge. The bridge carries an average of 1,800 vehicles each day.
There will be a temporary truck pull off installed at the top of the hill from the Trout Run structure on the westbound lane. Trucks over 10,000 pounds will be required to use the pull off.
Work will include removal of the current box beams and replaced with a bulb T-beam structure, new concrete decking, paving, guide rail installation, and miscellaneous items.
PennDOT expects the new bridge to be complete by March of 2017, with the traffic restriction in place through October of this year. All work is weather and schedule dependent. Francis J. Palo, Inc. of Clarion, Pennsylvania is the contractor on this $2.5 million project.
Drivers are reminded to move through work zones with caution, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up.
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