Route 232 Bridge to Close for One Month

King of Prussia – Route 232 in Northampton Township will be closed to through traffic and detoured for approximately one month, starting Friday, March 4, at 9 a.m., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced today.

The bridge, located between the intersections of Twining Road and Tapeworm Lane, will be closed for structural repairs.

Route 232 is expected to reopen in early April and during the closure, traffic will be detoured over Route 332 and Route 413. Local access will be maintained up to the bridge.

Crews will work over the next month to repair the bridge deck and reconstruct the stone wing walls that support 2nd Street Pike at its approach to the structure that was built in the late 1920s.

PennDOT planned to begin construction later this spring to rehabilitate the one-span, concrete slab bridge with stone masonry walls. However, the operation was advanced to begin this week due to severe structural deterioration and damage to a stone wing wall that resulted from the winter’s excessive snow and freeze-thaw cycles.

James J. Anderson Construction Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the project that is estimated to cost approximately $60,000. 

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