{"id":312196,"date":"2026-10-22T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312196\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:10:08","slug":"bridge-planned-to-permanently-close-in-millcreek-township-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312196\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Planned to Permanently Close in Millcreek Township | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Sterrettania Bridge in Millcreek Township will permanently close to all traffic beginning October 23, following findings from recent inspections that determined the structure is not structurally sound.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Old Sterrettania Bridge to Permanently Close Friday.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Township officials said the bridge was also classified as redundant, making it ineligible for state replacement funding. As a result, the bridge will not be rebuilt and must be permanently closed.<\/p>\n<p>Once the closure takes effect, the roadway crossing the bridge will no longer be maintained, including snow and ice removal during the winter months. Temporary turnaround areas will be installed on both sides of the closure to allow motorists to safely reverse direction.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and commuters who regularly use the bridge are being encouraged to plan alternate routes ahead of the shutdown and allow for additional travel time.<\/p>\n<p>Township officials thanked the community for its patience and understanding as the permanent closure takes effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Old Sterrettania Bridge in Millcreek Township will permanently close to all traffic beginning October 23, following findings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[55710,136,138,137,2857,12076,6654,127626,1704],"class_list":["post-312196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-bridge-closure","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-infrastructure","tag-millcreek-township","tag-road-closure","tag-sterrettania-bridge","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312196","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=312196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}