The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the next phase of construction will begin on Friday, June 6 on the project to rehabilitate the structurally deficient US 209 Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge over the Lehigh River, Lehigh Canal and Norfolk Southern rail line in Franklin Township, Lehighton and Weissport boroughs, Carbon County.

Beginning on June 6, the southbound lanes of the US 209 Thomas J. McCall Bridge will be closed, with southbound traffic being detoured on Canal and Bridge streets. US 209 will be open with a single traffic lane northbound.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 US 209.This phase is estimated to be completed in September. Updates will be provided whenever traffic patterns change on area roadways.The 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.This bridge project is scheduled to be complete in May 2015. All schedules are subject to change.J.D. Eckman Inc. of Atglen is the general contractor on the $11.8 million project.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 US 209 has an average daily traffic volume of 23,529 vehicles.Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at

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