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Officials Celebrate New Heisey Road Bridge

Commissioners

October 19, 2021

A group of people participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a new bridge. Trees and buildings are in the background.
The Franklin County Commissioners celebrated the newly constructed Heisey Road Bridge in Montgomery Township with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Montgomery Township Supervisor Greg Weller, project contractors and other supporters participated in the ceremony.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Franklin County Commissioners joined Montgomery Township Supervisors and project contractors today in celebrating the newly constructed Heisey Road Bridge in Montgomery Township with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. County Bridge 121 carries Heisey Road (T-330) over the West Branch of the Conococheague Creek approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Mercersburg.

 

The new Heisey Road Bridge replaces the previous one-lane, steel plate girder structure with a two-lane prestressed concrete box beam bridge measuring 129 feet long and just over 27 feet wide. The new bridge also eliminates the weight restrictions imposed on the former structure, originally built in 1904 and reconstructed in 1963. Construction of the new bridge began in August 2020 and concluded in June.

 

In addition to addressing structural deficiencies and expanding the width of the bridge to accommodate two lanes of traffic, the project improved safety with modified road alignments and added guardrails along the approach road. Minor modifications were also made to the stream during construction.

 

“We are pleased to celebrate the completion of the Heisey Road Bridge project,” said Franklin County Commissioner Chairman Dave Keller. “This upgraded structure has improved access for the local agricultural and business communities, emergency services, school buses and other large vehicles and apparatus, which ultimately enhances the overall safety and travel for everyone who uses Heisey Road.”

 

The Heisey Road Bridge project received 80% funding from the Federal Highway Administration and 15% from the state. Franklin County funded the remainder of the $4 million project through the Municipal Liquid Fuels Program.

 

Susquehanna Valley Construction Corp. of New Cumberland served as the contractor for this project while C.S. Davidson Inc., York, oversaw the engineering and inspection phase.

 

“We are pleased with the work on this bridge, which was completed on time and on budget,” said Keller. “This project would not have been possible without the support of great partners, including C.S. Davidson Inc., Susquehanna Valley Construction Corp., TRC Companies, JMT, PennDOT, the Montgomery Township Supervisors, the Metropolitan Planning Organization and Franklin County’s property management team. We’re also grateful to the local residents, who were inconvenienced during the construction of this bridge, for their patience and cooperation. Projects like this do not happen overnight, but I think we can all agree that the Heisey Road Bridge was worth the wait.”