Section 1. The Department of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to construct a highway and to erect and construct a bridge over the Schuylkill River, in Chester and Montgomery Counties, between Firestone Boulevard in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, and a point on Legislative Route 201 (State Highway 83) in East Coventry Township, Chester County, and to acquire the necessary land for the approaches thereto.