PennDOT: Work along Route 13 to pick up in spring

Construction of Route 13 in Tullytown and Bristol Township is moving forward.

Work will begin this spring to repair and pave the concrete roadway between Green Lane and Levittown Town Center driveway intersection. Other work along the heavily traveled roadway in that stretch will include the installation of a new median curb and road improvements at Edgely Avenue and Haines Road, according to http://www.safer13.com.

Crews will lay the initial asphalt pavement in the right lanes between Levittown Parkway and the Levittown Town Center intersection and the left lanes between Green Lane and Levittown Parkway, PennDOT Assistant Press Secretary Gene Blaum said.

All major work between Green Lane and Levittown Parkway which will include the last coat of pavement on the four-lane roadway and permanent traffic signal improvements should be completed sometime this summer, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Weather permitting, the general contractor, James D. Morrissey Inc., of Philadelphia, will continue to back-fill and grade the median after removing the guide rail and portions of the concrete roadway to make way for grass in the newly constructed median, according to PennDOT.

But the work wont end there, as the jug handle that borders the Levittown train station will be removed so commuters can turn directly from Route 13 into the station, to be renovated by SEPTA, PennDOT spokesman Charles Metzger said. No timetable has been given for the jug handle removal, he added.

Late last year, a new traffic pattern was established between Levittown Parkway and Green Lane after asphalt paving was laid by crews in the right northbound and southbound lanes. Crews adjusted business driveways along this stretch to tie into new curbs and sidewalks recently installed, officials said.

Workers have patched deteriorated pavement and replaced underground storm water drainage facilities and utility lines in place since the 1940s. Throughout the process, workers have encountered significant additional work, including underground utilities that forced the relocation of water mains and drainage pipes, officials said.

One of the largest and most difficult underground systems was completed last spring with the installation of 54-inch diameter drainage pipes nearly 20 feet underground just north of Haines Road, officials said.

Issues with the underground utilities and extra concrete patching set back the federally funded $36.52 million project, officials said. Initially, the transportation agency anticipated an October 2015 completion date, but pushed it back to 2016 because of the utility issues, according to PennDOT.

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PennDOT: Work along Route 13 to pick up in spring