Hickory Hills Bridge Replacement over Pond Creek
Foster Township, Luzerne County, PA

The Hickory Hills replacement bridge was designed to span Pond Creek using precast concrete box culverts. The 12-foot roadway width by 24-foot span, replacement bridge consisted of two box culverts, 12-foot x 7-foot and a 12-foot x 8-foot, with a bituminous wearing course, guiderails, reinforced concrete abutments and wingwalls on spread footings. The 8-foot high culvert functions as a fish channel. Replacement bridge design was in accordance with PADOT LRFD Box Culvert (BXLRFD) to support HS-25 loading conditions.