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If you’re planning to drive the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension the weekend of Sept. 6-9, you should be aware that the section of the highway between the Lehigh Valley (Allentown) and Mahoning Valley (Lehighton) exits will be closed in both directions for a bridge replacement project.
The detour now in place around the $3.8 million Water Street Bridge replacement project in Hellertown means more traffic than normal is accessing Main Street via Walnut Street.
Motorists in Lower Saucon Township should expect to encounter delays this week and into September for a seven-week PennDOT paving project on Black River Road between Rt. 378 and Bingen Road.
To some people it’s known as the “metal bridge.” To others it’s the “High Street Bridge.” Technically speaking its name is the Seidersville Road Bridge, but regardless of what you call it, the fact remains that it’s not seen any traffic move across it in nearly eight years.
Although it’s the weekend, PennDOT and Kriger Construction employees have been busy at the site of Hellertown’s Water Street Bridge, which will close for the construction of a replacement span on Monday, July 29.
Borough council members said Monday they are concerned that the additional traffic traveling to and from Saucon Valley schools will worsen congestion at the Walnut and Main intersection betweeen Aug. 26–when the new school year begins–and the completion of the new bridge.
Utility work that will affect local traffic will continue on S. Main Street in Coopersburg between E. Station Avenue and State Street through Friday, July 12, PennDOT Engineering District 5 said in a notification Monday.
A small section of roadway that is used by some drivers as part of a short cut between Hellertown and Springtown will become a one-way street next week, according to yellow advisory signs posted along it.
The start of the two-month Water Street Bridge closure has been delayed again–until Monday, July 29–according to PennDOT and project contractor Kriger Construction, who announced the postponement Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Hellertown borough officials announced the detour routes that will be in place once the Water Street Bridge is closed, so a replacement span can be built.
