High Street Bridge Closed to Traffic
The closure of the 1910 timber bridge along Hellertown's western border has further restricted access to points west of the Saucon Creek.
Access between northern parts of Hellertown and points west of the Saucon Creek has been further restricted, following a decision to close the 101-year-old High Street Bridge that spans an old Norfolk-Southern rail line culvert. The High Street Bridge is located entirely within the City of Bethlehem, but its eastern entrance sits on the Bethlehem-Hellertown municipal boundary. According to an article published Saturday in the Express-Times, city officials cited structural deficiencies as the reason for closure of the narrow span. Constructed in 1910 out of timber, the High Street Bridge was already labeled "structurally deficient" by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) prior to the recent closure. In April, the bridge's…
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Chris
4:27 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
fix it norfolk southern it's there bridge now more ›