PennDOT provides an update on the Bradford County bridge

TROY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WETM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has provided an update and timetable for the bridge near Troy on Route 6 that was struck by an oversized load last week.

According to District 3 Engineering District Director Eric High, PennDOT is working to fix the bridge as quickly as possible, with High laying out a timeline of what needs to happen to get the bridge up.

The announcement came during a news conference in front of the bridge in Troy Twp on Route 6 on Monday, June 17, around 10:00 a.m.

High added that more steps are in place to continue repairing the bridge, particularly by checking the availability of the special steel needed, and said the goal is to reopen the bridge by the end of August.

“We will move construction forward as quickly as possible, our goal is to have it completed and reopened by the end of August, but that is very variable at this time,” High said. “We should have a better idea in the next week of how quickly we can get the material and the bridge reopened,” he said.

A portion of Route 6 was closed near Troy after a truck struck the bridge

High said the accident happened after the truck reported that its load had 14′ 6″ of clearance to go over the bridge which had a height limit of 14′ 10″. High added that the truck had permission to cross, but said the load was over 14′ 10″ and he was unsure of the exact height.

PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll said during the conference that Route 6 and the bridge play an important role in northern Pennsylvania, with about 4,000 vehicles traveling along the road daily.

Carroll said the cost of the project is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million, and emergency funds have been allocated to cover the cost.

“I can tell you that PennDOT has identified emergency funding to address the financial problem this issue is creating for us,” Carroll said. “We expect this to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 million to $2 million,” he said. Carroll added that he has confidence in the Bradford County PennDOT team and will do everything possible to minimize the disruption caused by the detour.

As for the detour, High said during the news conference that that detour is 12 miles long and is expected to be in place throughout construction.

High added that updates will be provided throughout the project to keep the public informed about the process.

The video of the press conference can be found below.

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