South Sugan, Stonybrook Bridges Reopened

NEW HOPE, PA — A pair of bridges in New Hope and Upper Makefield have been re-opened after work on them was completed, PennDOT announced Friday.

Rehabilitation projects on the bridge carrying South Sugan Road over Aquetong Creek in New Hope and the one carrying Stonybrook Road over Jericho Creek in Upper Makefield are finished, according to PennDOT.

PennDOT’s contractor rehabilitated the structure over Jericho Creek by adding concrete overlay to the bridge deck, performing concrete substructure repairs, replacing and resealing the bridge deck joints, installing scour rock protection and milling and paving the roadway.

Built in 1973, the single-span bridge is 58 feet long and 48 feet wide. It carries an average of 738 vehicles a day.

A contractor rehabilitated the structure over Aquetong Creek by adding concrete overlay to the bridge deck, performing concrete substructure repairs, replacing and resealing the bridge deck joints, installing scour rock protection and milling and paving the roadway.

Also built in 1973, the single-span bridge is 49 feet long and 38 feet wide. It carries an average of 813 vehicles a day.

These structures are two of eight bridges in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $4.4 million project financed with 100 percent state funds.