LOWER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has revealed plans to commence construction work next week on U.S. 422 in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County. The project, with a budget of $83.6 million, will focus on the reconstruction and improvement of approximately 1.7 miles of the expressway. It will also involve the replacement of two bridges between the Sanatoga Interchange and Porter Road.
From Monday, December 18, through Friday, December 22, motorists should anticipate single lane closures on both directions of U.S. 422 for clearing, grubbing, and barrier installation. Additionally, Sanatoga Road will be reduced to a single lane with flagging between Linfield Road and High Street from Monday, December 14, through Thursday, December 21. Motorists are advised to allow extra time for their travels due to likely backups and delays.
The goal of this project is to extend the design life of U.S. 422, improve ride quality and safety, and upgrade roadside elements such as stormwater basins, drainage inlets, slope stabilization, guiderails, and signs currently in poor condition.
Under the Section M1B project, U.S. 422 will be reconstructed on both existing and revised alignments to enhance horizontal curve radii, shoulder widths, and vertical clearance. A culvert at Sprogels Run and a bridge carrying U.S. 422 over Porter Road will be removed and replaced with a new two-span bridge. The bridge carrying U.S. 422 over Sanatoga Road and Sanatoga Creek will also be reconstructed and widened.
Other improvements include the reconstruction and lengthening of the acceleration ramp from the Sanatoga Interchange to westbound U.S. 422, the installation of Intelligent Transportation System equipment along the U.S. 422 corridor, construction of sound barriers along portions of westbound U.S. 422, upgraded and new signage, replacement of the closed system drainage system and cross culverts, and improved stormwater management facilities.
This project is the seventh to move into construction under PennDOT’s initiative to rebuild and improve the U.S. 422 Bypass near Pottstown. Since 2012, PennDOT has invested more than $260 million to improve the U.S. 422 corridor in Montgomery and Chester counties.
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