Crime & Safety

Freemansburg Avenue Bridge over Nancy Run Now Open

Freemansburg Avenue Bridge was closed Friday due to undermining of bridge abutment.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the Freemansburg Avenue Bridge over Nancy Run has reopened.

The bridge was closed Friday due to abutment scouring.

Emergency repairs included excavation work, placing concrete under the abutment, and installing and removing sandbag dikes for temporary stream diversion.

"The contractor did an outstanding job responding to this emergency request to fix the Freemansburg Avenue Bridge," District Executive Michael W. Rebert said. "We appreciate the patience of the Freemansburg community during this closure."

While major repairs to the structure are complete, the contractor, J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Pa., still has to perform rock armoring of the structure abutment walls. Motorists are advised to be alert for slow-moving construction vehicles entering and exiting Freemansburg Avenue in this area over the next two weeks while this work occurs.

An inspection of the Bridge last week discovered scouring by stream water undermined a portion of the bridge's western abutment - which means some of the ground supporting the abutment was washed out, leaving a void.

An abutment is part of a bridge that supports the superstructure (beams and deck). Abutments are located at both ends of a bridge.

Freemansburg Avenue was closed between Main and Washington streets while the major repairs were made to the Bridge.

The Freemansburg Avenue Bridge over Nancy Run is a single span, 33 wide, 23 foot long concrete arch bridge that was built in 1938. This section of Freemansburg Avenue has an average daily traffic volume of 10,752 vehicles.


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