King of Prussia, PA – Construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 3, 2022 on a project to replace the culvert carrying Barnsley Road over branch of Northeast Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Due to the nature of construction, Barnsley Road will be closed and detoured 24/7 between Media Road and Herrs Mill Road beginning Monday, January 3, 2022 through the completion of the project scheduled for early April 2022.

During the closure, Barnsley Road motorists will be directed to use northbound Route 272 (Christine Road) and Baltimore Pike. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

Built in 1930, the current structure will be replaced with a new box culvert and carries an average of 2,322 vehicles a day.

Barnsley Road culvert is one of six structures in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing/replacing under a $6.5 million project financed with 100 percent state funds.

Structures completed under this project include:

• Saginaw Road over Big Elk Creek in East Nottingham and New London townships, Chester County; and
• Richlandtown Pike over Cooks Creek in Springfield Township, Bucks County

 Other structures scheduled for replacement/rehabilitation include the following:

• Lower State Road over branch of Mill Creek in Doylestown Borough, Bucks County;
• U.S. 1 and I-295 Interchange ramps;
• 5th Street over Little Elk Creek in East Nottingham Township, Chester County; and
• Washington Lane over branch of Pennypack Creek in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County.

Loftus Construction, Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., is the general contractor on the bridge/culvert improvement project. Work on the entire project is expected to be completed winter 2024.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Robyn Briggs, 610-205-6799

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