Construction on the new bridge on York Street west of Gettysburg, near the K&W Tire store and the new Gettysburg Print and Frame Shop, is on temporary hold while changes are made to the drainage system design.
According to Rory G. McGlasson, Public Information Manager for Walsh/Granite JV, a team partnering with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on the project, the bridge “is anticipated to be fully completed in November, 2019.”
McGlasson said the design changes were being made by PennDOT.
McGlasson said the biggest issue facing the project was keeping two-way traffic going through the construction. A similar bridge project on the Fairfield Road south of Gettysburg has reduced traffic to one-way, controlled by stoplights.
The project began in September 2018, and was initially projected to be completed this month.
The construction is part of the public-private partnership Rapid Bridge Replacement (RBR) project that is repairing 558 aging bridges throughout the state. Replacing the bridges will provide motorists with new, modern structures and allow PennDOT to remove them from their list of bridges in poor condition.
The bridges are primarily crossings on smaller state highways, many in rural areas, rather than interstate bridges or large river crossings.
According to the RBR website, 14 Adams County bridges have already been replaced.
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