Construction also continues to improve eastbound US 422 under $12 million Economic Recovery Project
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced that construction will start Monday (Aug. 10) to repair and resurface westbound Route 422 between the Route 29 (Collegeville) and Royersford interchanges in Upper Providence and Limerick townships, Montgomery County. This work is part of the $12.2 million economic recovery project that began on May 26 (2009).
Crews will begin saw cutting areas of old concrete Monday (Aug. 10) and westbound Route 422 will be reduced from two lanes to one from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., and then from 7 p.m. Monday to 2 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 11). After Monday, westbound Route 422 will be restricted to one lane weekdays from 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. the next afternoon for construction. All westbound lanes will reopen before the afternoon rush hours.
Crews also will continue to replace deteriorated concrete and soon will begin resurfacing Route 422’s eastbound lanes between Royersford and Collegeville. Eastbound Route 422 is restricted to one lane weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 a.m. the next morning.
PennDOT is rehabilitating and improving this deteriorated 4.5-mile section of Route 422 under a $12.2 million project that is financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The project extends from 1,500 feet west of the Royersford Interchange to a half-mile
east of the Route 29 (Collegeville) Interchange in Limerick and Upper Providence townships, respectively. Construction is scheduled to finish in July 2010.
The improvement project consists of removing deteriorated concrete pavement; pouring new concrete patches; resurfacing the concrete pavement with asphalt; repairing 12 bridges; repairing ramps at the Route 29 and Royersford interchanges; installing safety rumble strips on roadway shoulders; cleaning existing pipe culverts; and installing new guide rail, reflective pavement markers, and Intelligent Transportation System conduit.
Route 422 carries 62,000 vehicles a day between the Collegeville and Royersford exits. This portion of the highway, which was built in the early 1970s, has four 12-foot wide travel lanes plus a 10-foot wide outside shoulder and an eight-foot wide inside shoulder.
Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, Pa. is the general contractor on the $12,217,790 project. Eight sub-contractors are part of the project team and are performing various operations, including paving, traffic control, line painting, concrete saw cutting, pipe cleaning, guide rail and fence installation; rumble strip installations; and seeding and erosion control.
In the five-county Philadelphia region, PennDOT is investing $255 million of federal economic recovery money on 29 state and local transportation projects that will improve roads
and bridges, install Intelligent Transportation System equipment, upgrade traffic signals, build a multi-use trail, and bring over 3,500 handicap curb ramps up to current design standards.
To learn more about how the federal economic recovery program will benefit Pennsylvania, visit www.recovery.pa.gov.
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