Pittsburgh, PA
– Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) District 11 officials highlighted more than 65
projects expected to be in construction this year in the Pittsburgh region and
discussed the benefits of funding for regional roads and bridges from the federal
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Fixing and maintaining
Pennsylvania's roads, highways, and bridges is a top priority of the Shapiro
administration. Today's announcement builds on Governor Shapiro's commitment to
ensuring Pennsylvanians can travel across the Commonwealth safely.
“With
the additional funding from the BIL for highways and bridges, our communities
will be seeing more improvements than would have been possible without this
critical investment,” said Acting District Executive Doug Seeley. “This added
investment will bring meaningful projects that will modernize our
infrastructure while creating sustainable, good-paying jobs for our local
economies.”
Overall
highlights of the estimated $329 million 2023 construction season for District
11, which covers Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties, include:
approximately 825 miles of
paving or roadway maintenance;
approximately 38 bridges will
be repaired or replaced including 12 in poor condition; and
approximately 37 slides will be
repaired.
“Construction
season is underway in District 11 and we are excited to deliver projects that
will greatly improve our infrastructure and enhance transportation throughout
our region,” said Jason Zang, assistant district executive of construction. “We
thank the public for remaining safe and patient when traveling through our work
zones.”
Notable
ongoing projects that will conclude this year include:
Route 28 Highland Park
Interchange Improvement Project to address an existing bottleneck, roadway
and ramp reconstruction, and improve safety in Allegheny County, $47.3
million;
I-79 Neville Island Bridge
rehabilitation in Allegheny County, $42.1 million;
The final phase of the Freedom
Road Upgrade roadway reconstruction and realignment in Beaver County,
$21.7 million; and
Route 65 East Washington Street
betterment project in Lawrence County valued at $7.61 million.
Notable
projects that are expected to begin this year include:
New Kensington Bridge
preservation project in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, $24.5
million;
Route 2048 William Penn Highway
rehabilitation and preservation project in Allegheny County, $21.3
million;
Route 4003 McKnight Road
betterment project in Allegheny County, $19 million;
Route 18 Monaca-Rochester
Bridge preservation project in Beaver County, estimated at $6.5 million;
and
I-79 betterment project in
Lawrence County, estimated at $13.5 million.
As construction projects are
underway in the region, the traveling public can anticipate seeing many work
zones and are urged to keep in mind their safety and the safety of highway
workers. When encountering a work zone, please drive the posted speed limit,
turn on your headlights, pay close attention to signs and flaggers and avoid
all distractions. In high traffic locations, motorists are encouraged to use
both lanes of travel to the merge point and to take turns merging into the open
lane.
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.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in
Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.
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Contact:
Steve Cowan, 412-334-5436 or stcowan@pa.gov
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