Dedication and Official Opening of the NEW Bridges over the Lehigh River & Pohopoco Creek in Carbon County, Pe

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (10/31/2011)(readMedia)-- In 2000, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission finalized a study to determine the best method for rehabilitating and widening the Lehigh River and Pohopoco Bridges and concluded that both bridges should be replaced. On April 14, 2009, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission broke ground on the $101.6 million project to replace the two bridges that cross the Lehigh River, the Lehigh Canal, Pohopoco Creek, and PA State Route 248, the former Lehigh Valley RR and an active Norfolk southern Railroad line. Traffic on the new bridges southbound was switched in the early morning hours on August 9, 2011. Northbound bridges will be opened to traffic after the ceremony.

WHO:

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
WHAT:

Dedication and Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting of the NEW Bridges (northbound) over the Lehigh River & Pohopoco Creek in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
WHEN: Friday November 04, 2011 at 10:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Rock Hill Concrete Plant
125 Rock Hill Road
Parryville, Pennsylvania
NOTES:

On the bank of the Lehigh Canal, Borough of Parryville at the site of the Rock Hill Concrete Plant off Route 248.(same location as the 2009 Groundbreaking event)

Registration opens at 9:30. Speakers will be available for one-on-one after the ceremony. The program will be held in a tent at a location still under construction, please dress appropriately. Press kits provided. No direct access to electricity available on site.

After brief remarks, transportation will be provided for Turnpike officials, honored guests and media to the new Lehigh River Bridge (NB I-476) to participate in a ceremony to officially mark the opening of the new bridges to northbound traffic.