As of Monday morning, the latest phase of the Commercial Street Bridge project is ahead of schedule, according to PennDOT officials, who are eyeing an early opening of the Parkway East before the anticipated date of Monday, August 3. But PennDOT District Executive Jason Zang said his team cannot make any promises.
“Best I can tell you right now […] maybe the middle of next week, plus or minus,” Zang said. “A little bit of that depends on the weather – looks like tomorrow is going to be a bad weather day for us. We can’t place concrete, certainly can’t do that overlay on the bridge in the rain, but we’re going to keep an eye on that. No promises just yet, but yeah, we are tracking a little bit early right now.”
Timelapse video from Channel 11 photographers shows the lateral slide of the new Commercial Street Bridge, which started around 10:30 Sunday morning. Zang said it went better than expected…