PennDOT Officials Address Concerns About Bridge Closure
The West Maple Avenue Bridge that connects Lower Southampton and Middletown is expected to close for about year.
A handful of local residents and business owners came to a community information meeting held by PennDOT at the Lower Southampton Township building to get more information on the impending West Maple Avenue bridge replacement project. The $6 million project is expected to close the busy and structurally deficient bridge, which crosses the Neshaminy Creek and connects Lower Southampton and Middletown, for about one year, beginning in Spring 2013, according to PennDOT. The meeting was mostly populated with owners of businesses on Maple Avenue closest to the nearly 60-year-old bridge, whose businesses are likely to suffer from the road closures and detours. “This is going to affect business,” said Jim McGovern, owner of All Pro Auto Service …
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Tom Sofield
2:34 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Correction: The bridge work start date is Spring 2013 not 2012. My apologies. more ›