The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) plans to begin bridge and roadway improvements on Routes 33 and 1004 sooner than expected using federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding.
The $6 million to $6.5 million Route 33 project will resurface the road between the Northampton County line and Lower Cherry Valley Road in Monroe County, and conduct other miscellaneous construction from approximately the Northampton/Monroe County line to approximately Route 2002/Lower Cherry Valley Road.
The project will bid in August, and construction is estimated to take 12 to 18 months.
The $20 million to $22 million Route 33 Bushkill Creek bridge project will replace the route’s bridges over Bushkill Creek in Northampton County. Work also includes mitigating the karst topography.
To span the area’s potential sinkholes, the replacement structures will be precast arch bridges that will be constructed on foundations extending under the entire bridge area. The structure also would make it possible to fill any future sinkholes through the openings in the grid foundation.
The project will bid in January, and construction is estimated to last 24 to 30 months.
The $750,000 to $1 million Route 1004 project will replace Lower Swiftwater Road Bridge over Forest Hills Run in Monroe County. The project will bid this summer, and construction is estimated to last one year.