Demolition bids will be sought soon and awarded in mid-July.

I-90 traffic will be restricted to single lanes and periodically stopped when demolition is underway.

The Beckman Road bridge over Interstate 90 in Girard Township will likely be demolished in mid-summer.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation expects to seek contractors' bids for the work as early as June 5 and to award the bid in mid-July. Demolition would begin shortly afterward.

Preliminary estimates for the demolition cost are between $500,000 and $1 million.

The bridge has been closed since it was hit by a tractor-trailer on Feb. 14.

Accident caused structural damage to bridge

The collision caused significant damage to bridge beams, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation inspections.

The bridg

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