Beginning tomorrow (Friday, June 6, 2014) the southbound lanes of the US209 Thomas J. McCall Bridge will be closed, with southbound traffic being detoured on Canal and Bridge streets through Weissport. Northbound US209 will remain northbound. The bridge runs over the Lehigh River, Lehigh Canal and Norfolk Southern Railroad in parts of Franklin Township, Lehighton and Weissport.
The project (called US 209 Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge Project) involves deck repairs; replacing of deck joints, back-walls, and steel bearings; concrete and steel repairs; removing and replacing one pier, and other miscellaneous construction.
Also on Friday, Bridge Street will be temporarily converted to a one-way road southbound and there will be a temporary traffic signal placed at the intersection of Bridge Street and US209.
The 16-span, steel deck truss bridge was originally constructed in 1938 and reconstructed in 1981. It is 1,539 feet long and 42 feet wide. This section of US209 has an average daily traffic volume of 23,529 vehicles.
According to PennDOT’s website, this phase of construction is estimated to be completed in September 2014. It adds that updates will be provided whenever traffic patterns change on area roadways.
The contractor for the $11,827,600 project is J.D. Eckman Inc. of Atglen, Pennsylvania.
Estimated completion date of the entire project is May 2015.

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