Randall Avenue Bridge Phase I Repairs Completed

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA —On to Phase II.

Bristol Township officials said that Phase 1 of repairs to the closed Randall Avenue/Edgely Bridge have been completed.

Officials said the Phase I work included the removal of the concrete encasement from the steel girders and floor beams and installing timber shielding within the bays above the track areas.

The township still has to repair the abutments, now Phase II, officials said.

This includes abutment repairs, bearing replacements, and repair of the potholes exposing the joint steel at the transitions.

Township officials hoped to receive construction bid proposals for Phase II work to begin before the end of the year.

The structure —closed since February 2023 —received a $2 million grant towards its repair and renovation, two Lower Bucks County lawmakers announced in late March.

The township conducted an "immediate shutdown" of the bridge on Feb. 23, 2023, citing safety reasons over falling concrete onto the Amtrak railway tracks.

Township officials said that the average daily traffic over the bridge was about 400 cars a day with a cost to replace the bridge upwards of $25 million.

The bridge, owned and maintained by Bristol Township, crosses the train tracks operated by Amtrak along its Northeast Corridor route.

(Bristol Township)