High Friction Surface Application Slated at Flemington Bridge
CLEARFIELD – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the contractor for a bridge preservation project impacting a truss bridge spanning Bald Eagle Creek near Flemington Borough plans to complete a high friction surface application on Wednesday, May 22, and Thursday, May 23. These applications increase the longevity of recently built or rehabilitated infrastructure and improve skid resistance to enhance safety for motorists.
The contractor will reduce traffic across the bridge to a single lane while completing the work. Flaggers in the roadway will enforce an alternating traffic pattern. PennDOT advises drivers to build extra travel time into their schedules as it expects short delays. As the contractor cannot complete these treatments in the rain, all work is weather-dependent as these treatments cannot occur in the rain.
Work to preserve this bridge and improve its overall condition rating from fair to good started in June 2023. The high friction surface application is the last outstanding work on the project.
The work on this structure was part of a larger bridge preservation project to extend the life of this and two other structures in Clinton County. One is a Route 150 bridge spanning Chatham Run in Dunnstable Township. The other is a Route 220 bridge spanning Route 2006 and Fishing Creek in Lamar Township. HRI, Inc. of State College, PA, is the contractor for this $3.5 million job.
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