Construction is set to begin on the Seneca School Road bridge as part of PennDOT's partnership to repair bridges across the state.

JACKSON TWP — Construction will begin soon on the Seneca School Road bridge near the entrance to Seneca Valley School District's secondary campus.

Traffic will be limited to a single lane starting June 5, when construction begins on the bridge that is just north of the school's entrance. Traffic will alternate and be controlled by a signal at each end of the bridge, said Jeff Rossi, public information coordinator with Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners.

The bridge, which spans the Little Connoquenessing Creek, is being replaced as part of PennDOT's Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, a public-private partnership with Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners. The project aims to replace 558 structurally deficient bridges statewide.

Traffic will go back to two lanes on Sept. 4, Rossi said, the day before Seneca Valley starts its 2017-18 school year.

The bridge is going from a two-lane bridge with one eastbound and one westbound lane to a three-lane bridge with a new right-turn lane into Seneca Valley's secondary schools campus.

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