Big Oak Rd. Bridge Work To Start Sept. 21 (ICYMI)

MIDDLETOWN, PA — Motorists in Lower Bucks County will get a couple more days to use Big Oak Road before bridge work shuts down a portion of the road for about a month.

Work that PennDOT originally said was expected to start on Thursday, Sept. 19, has now been scheduled to begin on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The road's bridge over Interstate 295 will be closed that day, and stay that way until late October or early November. Local traffic still will be allowed.

During the repairs, Big Oak Road will be closed between Harpers Crossing and Hickory lane.

As a detour, drivers will be directed to use Oxford Valley Road, Heacock Road, Stoney Hill Road, Langhorne yardley Road and Township Line Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

Built in 1967, the Big Oak Road bridge carries an average of 8,126 vehicles per day over I-295. The bridge is 210 feet long and 37 feet wide.

A PennDOT contractor will be adding concrete to the bridge deck, repairing its concrete substructure, replacing and resealing bridge deck joints, installing scour rock protection and milling and paving the roadway.