Flemington Bridge down for June

FLEMINGTON, PA – The Flemington Bridge on Route 150 is down for repairs and will be closed to vehicular traffic and will remain closed until the end of June. The closure went into effect on Monday.

PennDOT has announced the contractor will tarp the bridge and perform painting and structural steel repairs. The painting and repairs will improve the condition of the bridge from fair to good and keep it in useful service for years to come, PennDOT said. The Flemington bridge, the connector onto Hogan Boulevard, dates from 1933 and is 250 feet long. It carries an average of more than 13,400 vehicles each day.

Both a vehicle detour and a bike detour are in place during the closure. The vehicle detour will use Route 150, Route 2015, Route 220, and Route 120. The bicycle detour will use Township Road 366 (Irwin Street/Canal Street/Fairpoint Road).

And while PennDOT had announced that foot traffic would not be allowed while work was carried out, as of Tuesday of this week, there was a temporary pedestrian walkway on the bridge’s north side.

Once the bridge is re-opened, temporary traffic signals will again be used to enforce an alternating traffic pattern across the structure. This restriction is necessary for dam repairs, deck repairs, and sidewalk replacement. PennDOT expects work on the bridge to be complete in early October.

The work is part of a 3-bridge preservation contract in Clinton County. Other bridges include a Route 150 bridge spanning Chatham Run in Dunnstable Township and 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.