Old Lancaster Road Bridge Closing Through August For Rehab Work

TREDYFFRIN TOWNSHIP, PA – The bridge carrying Old Lancaster Avenue over Amtrak train tracks in the Berwyn section of Tredyffrin Township will be closed for months as crews work to rehab the bridge, according to PennDOT.

Starting Friday, May 18 and lasting through August, Old Lancaster Road will be closed and drivers will be detoured.

The sidewalk on the bridge will remain open to pedestrians, according to PennDOT.

During the closure, passenger drivers will be directed over Lancaster Avenue/U.S. Route 30, Old Lancaster, Conestoga, and Howellville roads.

Trucks will be directed to use Lancaster Avenue, Bear Hill Road/ state Route 252, Cassatt Road.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area because slowdowns will occur.

Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

PennDOT's contractor will remove and replace the deteriorated reinforced concrete deck and curbs and 12 steel floor beams; replace the deteriorated concrete barrier wall at the southeast corner of U.S. 30 and Old Lancaster Road; attach new guiderail to the new barrier at the southeast approach to the bridge; and repoint the stone masonry abutments and wingwalls where needed.

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