Published June 23. 2026 11:21AM<\/p>\n
Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski joined Northampton County Public Works officials and community members on Friday morning to celebrate the reopening of County Bridge #15 on Meadows Road in Lower Saucon Township following the completion of a major bridge replacement project.<\/p>\n
The bridge officially reopened to traffic May 8 following a final inspection earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
County Bridge #15 was abruptly closed in 2018 after the structure\u2019s condition rapidly deteriorated, creating a long-term detour for residents and motorists traveling through the area. Following years of coordination, planning, and funding efforts through PennDOT, construction on the replacement bridge began in late 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project represents years of work and coordination to restore an important transportation connection for our residents,\u201d said Zrinski. \u201cReopening the Meadows Road Bridge improves travel throughout Lower Saucon Township while demonstrating Northampton County\u2019s continued commitment to investing in critical infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The approximately $3.1 million bridge replacement project was funded through a reimbursement agreement with PennDOT, which covered 80 percent of the total project cost, with Northampton County funding the remaining 20 percent.<\/p>\n
Northampton County Director of Public Works Michael Emili noted that the project required extensive coordination between the County, PennDOT, engineers, and contractors to move from emergency closure to final completion.<\/p>\n
Kinsley Construction served as the project contractor. Benesch provided engineering services, and Traffic, Planning, and Design provided construction inspection services.<\/p>\n
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday morning at the bridge site following the final inspection.<\/p>\n
Contributed article<\/p>\n
Contributed imagesNorthampton County Executive Tara Zrinski at the reopened Lower Saucon bridge.<\/p>\n
PREE PHOTO COURTESY NORTHAMPTON COUNTYFollowing years of coordination, planning, and funding efforts through PennDOT, construction on the replacement bridge on Meadows Road in Lower Saucon Township began in late 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published June 23. 2026 11:21AM Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski joined Northampton County Public Works officials and community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-226016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}