PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Drivers who use the Edgemont Avenue Bridge to cross over I-95 in Chester, Pa., will have to find another route through this spring and summer.
The bridge, closing on Monday for repairs, carries some 9,000 drivers daily on Route 352 over the interstate. It needs a lot of work, according to Brad Rudolph, PennDOT deputy communications director.
"There's a lot of corrosion under the bridge that they have to repair," Rudolph said. "Repairs to the steel beams. There's some section loss in areas. Some of the abutments need to be addressed."
He said Route 352 between Providence Avenue and 12th Street will remain closed all day, every day, through early September.
Rudolph said drivers have a couple of detour options, including 12th Street, Route 320 (Madison Avenue/Providence Avenue) and 14th Street or U.S. 13 (9th Street) or Kerlin Street and 22nd Street.
The bridge that carries Route 352 (Edgmont Avenue) over I-95 in Chester, Delaware County, will be closed and detoured beginning Monday, April 5, for bridge repair.PennDOT
He said the Edgemont Avenue Bridge is the last of eight bridges PennDOT has been working on in the Chester area for the past few years.
"Originally, it was supposed to be more of a painting and some minor rehabilitation," Rudolph explained. "But once we got in there and saw these structures and saw the conditions they were in, a lot of work was added to all these bridges, which is why we're a couple of years past the completion date."
Rudolph says the entire rehabilitation project will be finished in September.
