Limekiln Pike Resurfacing in Works

Motorists who travel Limekiln Pike may have a smoother ride once PennDOT repaves a six-mile stretch of the roadway.

A section running from North Hills Avenue to Tennis Avenue going through Abington, Upper Dublin and Horsham will be put out to bid next month as part of a 17-road resurfacing project, PennDOT spokesman Eugene Blaum said. Limekiln Pike is the only roadwork planned for Horsham, he said. 

Blaum said the contract, once awarded, is scheduled to start in July. He said Limekiln Pike would be resurfaced sometime this summer, or early fall. All roads would be completed by late October, he said.

“Several state roads in Montgomery County will be resurfaced under this contract including the stretch of Limekiln Pike,” Blaum said. “I’ll have a much better idea in regards to scheduling once the Department has a contractor on board in the late spring.”

Blaum said PennDOT crews do not do road repaving. The work, which he said involves removing and replacing an inch and a half of road surface, is instead contracted out.

The Limekiln roadwork is expected to take four to five weeks to complete, Blaum said and would be carried out during “off peak” overnight hours from 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.

“There will be lane closures,” Blaum said. “But the road will not be closed.”