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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Bridge Inspectors Could Delay Travel

PennDOT has scheduled bridge inspections along Broad Street, Union Boulevard and Route 378 today. Be ready for temporary lane closures and delays.

  Bridge inspectors from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will be out on the roads of Bethlehem, which could mean some of your errands may take some extra time today. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., motorists should be on the look out for temporary lane closures along W. Broad Street between Third Avenue and Main Street, Union Boulevard between Center Street and Eighth Avenue and Route 378 between Route 22 and the Hill-to-Hill Bridge. If it rains, the inspections may be delayed to another day.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Bridge Inspections Haven’t Found Quake Damage

It appears that tremors didn’t endanger spans in Lehigh County, officials say.

The earthquake that shook the East Coast appears to have spared bridges in Lehigh County but engineers are checking to make sure, county officials said. “We don’t believe we have any problems, nonetheless we’re taking precautions and checking,” said Glenn Solt, the county’s director of general services. He said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation handles inspections for the 47 bridges owned by the county and will be looking for any new cracks or signs of destabilization from the quake that hit last week. The tremors were initially cause for concern in Berks County where cracks on a bridge abutment on the Penn Street Bridge in Reading led officials to close that span briefly. Sean Brown, a PennDOT District 5 spokesman, said it was…

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

5 Things to Know Today

Slain Freemansburg Police Officer Robert Lasso will be memorialized today.

Good morning, Bethlehem. Today is Tuesday, August 16, 2011.

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