?The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 5 announced work will begin on May 1 to replace the Kernsville Road Bridge over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

Work on this bridge includes steel repairs and replacement of the deck and beams on the two-span steel truss structure.

Beginning on May 1, Kernsville Road will be closed and detoured while crews rehabilitate the bridge. Vehicle traffic will be detoured on Route 100, Hassadahl Road, and Route 309. The truck detour will utilize Route 100, Tilghman Street, and Route 309.

Also as part of the project, Grist Mill Road at the intersection with Kernsville Road will be closed and detoured. The detour will utilize Shankweiler Road and Woodlea Road.

H&K Group, Inc. of Skippack, PA is the general contractor on the $3,098,957 project that is anticipated to be completed in August.

The Kernsville Road bridge was constructed in 1929. It is 143 feet long and 39.5 feet wide. This section of Kernsville Road has an average daily traffic volume of 6,488 vehicles.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.