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DelDOT outlines US-113 bridge repairs near Haven Lake; traffic to shift to one lane each direction during work
Summary
A DelDOT engineer told the council the US-113 bridges over the Haven Lake spillway need bearing replacement and other repairs; the project will use phased lane closures that reduce US-113 to one lane each direction while work proceeds.
Delaware Department of Transportation engineers told the Milford City Council that two steel-beam bridges carrying U.S. 113 over the Haven Lake spillway will require bearing replacements and concrete repairs, and that the work will proceed under phased lane closures. Jonathan Moore, DelDOT’s bridge maintenance and construction engineer, described the bridges as steel I-beam structures with integral concrete decks built in 1962 and said that cleaning and painting work revealed significantly deteriorated bearings.
Moore said the bearing deterioration created a “floating bearing scenario” that lets beams move and “slamming” occur when heavy…
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