​The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today the project to reconstruction Interstate 90 from mile maker 3.5 to mile marker 10.5 in Springfield Township, Girard Township, and Platea Borough, Erie County will restart early next month.

Work will start April 3, 2023, weather permitting, and will first include placing barriers along the eastbound lanes. This will require some nighttime work between April 5 to 10. Eastbound traffic will be limited to one lane starting in this phase and will remain that way through the 2023 construction season.

Once the barrier is in place, the westbound lanes will be closed, and traffic will be shifted to one lane along the eastbound side of the highway for the remainder of the project.

Along with reconstructing the westbound lanes, work this year will include replacing the bridge that carries the westbound lanes over Neiger Road, and updates to the drainage, guiderail, cable median barrier, highway lighting, pavements markings.

The project started in 2021 with construction of a new bridge to carry Route 215 over the interstate; intersection improvements at Underridge Road and Rea Road; emergency removal of the Route 18 bridge, preliminary work on the new Route 18 bridge; a highspeed cross over near mile marker 9.5, and preservation work on the McKee Road bridge. 

In 2022, work included the reconstruction of the eastbound lanes of I-90, completion of the Route 18 bridge and two teardrop roundabouts at Exit 9 and replacement of the eastbound bridge over Neiger Road. 

The contractor is Lindy Paving of Union City, PA. The contract cost is $66,133,281.90, which will be paid entirely with federal funds.

The project is part of PennDOT's plan to reconstruct or restore approximately 28 miles of I-90 over 10 years.

The first project was done from 2019 to 2021 and included reconstructing I-90 from the Ohio state line to mile marker 3.5 near the Route 6N exits in Springfield Township, as well as paving from mile maker 10.5 to mile marker 18 and the installation of median cable barrier. 

Work in 2022 was done from mile miler 18 to mile marker 23 and included paving, new guiderail, concrete patching, and updated pavement markings and signs.

A multi-year project to repave I-90 from the I-86 interchange at mile marker 35 to the New York state line in Harborcreek, Greenfield, and North East townships started in 2021 with repairs to a culvert that carries I-90 over 16 Mile Creek. In 2022, work included milling, paving, bridge repairs, and drainage upgrades on the east and westbound lanes from mile marker 35 near the Interstate 86 interchange to the New York Line. This year's work will include only a few minor finishing activities.

Design work continues for a project focused on the reconstruction from mile marker 10.5 to mile marker 18 with construction tentatively planned to get underway in 2028.

Information on the project, as well as other work happening along I-90, including detours and changes in traffic patterns, can be found online at  www.penndot.pa.gov/I90Projects.

PennDOT urges motorists to slow down when driving in work zones, and also to be alert to changing conditions, avoid distractions and to pay attention to signs and flaggers. Drive responsibly in work zones for your safety and the safety of the workers. Drivers are reminded to yield to vehicles already inside the roundabout and to never stop inside the circle.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts.

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Information about infrastructure in District 1, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D1Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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