Church Road Bridge Reopens to Upper Hanover Traffic

 

UPPER HANOVER PA - Construction of the Church Road bridge in Upper Hanover Township, over a branch of the Perkiomen Creek, is now complete.

The 85-year-old bridge reopened to traffic Tuesday (Oct. 20, 2026), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reports.

PennDOT fully replaced the former single-span, concrete slab bridge. The new structure, it says, is a precast concrete box culvert with a mounted guiderail. It also widened the road from 24 feet to 30 feet to meet lane, shoulder and bridge width requirements.

Additionally, Grace Industries performed full-depth reconstruction of the roadway approaches. It also replaced existing guiderail, and installed scour protection measures.

The work took roughly three months to finish. PennDOT closed the bridge in mid-July and its general contractor - Grace Industries Inc. of Northampton County PA - started about two weeks later.

The Church Road bridge replacement was part of an overall $2.7 million project. It also included replacement or repair of other structures in Montgomery and Bucks counties, PennDOT adds.

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