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Allan A. Myers awarded Design Build Project on I-476

09 Sep 2009

by: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Contract Awarded to Rebuild I-476

PENNDOT AWARDS $71.7 MILLION CONTRACT TO REBUILD 3.2 MILES OF I-476 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced the
award of a $71.7 million project to reconstruct 3.2 miles of Interstate 476
between the Interstate 76 and Pennsylvania Turnpike Mid-County interchanges in
West Conshohocken Borough and Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. Road
construction is expected to start in late September and finish in late 2011.

Crews will work over the next two years to rebuild this deteriorated stretch of
I-476 that was built in the 1970s. The plan consists of replacing I-476’s
deteriorated concrete pavement, which currently is covered with an asphalt
overlay; rehabilitating six dual mainline bridges and one overhead structure;
rebuilding and widening the highway’s shoulders; improving storm water
drainage; remediating an area prone to sinkholes; and installing 17 new sign
structures.

Starting in late September, the contractor will work weeknights to rebuild
shoulders and build cross-over lanes in the grass median in preparation for
implementing a traffic pattern shift early next year. Lane closures over the
next three months will occur weeknights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

PennDOT plans to keep three travel lanes open in each direction on I-476 during
construction, except during overnight hours.

Starting in early 2010, the contractor will institute an “express lane” pattern
along this three-mile section of highway similar to what is currently in place
on I-476 where PennDOT is rebuilding the twin bridges carrying I-476 over the
Schuylkill River just north of the I-76 Interchange.

The “express lane” pattern will place one travel lane on the opposite side of
the highway within the construction zone to keep three travel lanes open in
each direction and to expedite construction by providing the contractor with a
larger area in which to work.

This section of I-476 carries between 128,000 to 145,000 vehicles a day.

Allan A. Myers, LP is the general contractor on the $71,728,383 project that is
financed with 100 percent federal funds, including $3.5 million of economic
recovery money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The project to rebuild over three miles of I-476 will be coordinated with the
bridge construction presently taking place on the highway, in which PennDOT is
repairing and rehabilitating the 35-year-old twin bridges (Pearl Harbor
Memorial Bridge) spanning the Schuylkill River in Plymouth Township and West
Conshohocken Borough. Work on this $47.4 million project began in March 2009
and is scheduled to finish in late 2010.

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For more questions about Allan A. Myers involvement in the project contact
Joseph Prego, Vice President of Business Development
610-222-3155