PennDOT District 8 Jan. 21 will set barricades and begin a bridge rehabilitation project on the Route 75 span over Licking Creek near the Village of Claylick in Montgomery Township, Franklin County.
Route 75 will be closed to through traffic between Route 995 and the Village of Shimpstown until the end of April.
The contract for $1,864,376 was awarded June 12, 2012, to Jay Fulkroad & Sons Inc. of McAlisterville, Juniata County, and includes rehabilitation work, bridge beam and deck replacement on three structures in Franklin County: Route 75 over Licking Creek; Williamson Road over the Conococheague Creek at the St. Thomas/Antrim Township Line; and Edgewood Road over the Conococheague Creek near the Village of Woodstock in Green Township.
PennDOT expects work on the new bridge to be completed by the end of April. Until then, a detour which follows Route 16, Route 416 and Route 995 will be in place.
The existing two-span steel I-beam bridge that carries Route 75 over the Licking Creek was built in 1947 and is classified as structurally deficient.
This section of Route 75, locally known as Fort Loudon Road, averages more than 2,000 vehicles each day.