Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that work on a Route 150 bridge spanning Chatham Run in Dunnstable Township, Clinton County, starts on Monday, April 3. This work is part of a larger bridge preservation project involving three Clinton County structures that will improve their ratings to "good."

Work on the Chatham Run bridge revolves around the substructure, and PennDOT expects traffic impacts to be minimal. However, PennDOT advises drivers to anticipate periods when the contractor reduces traffic to a single lane and to build extra time into their travel schedules to compensate. The contractor expects work on this bridge to be ongoing until the end of June.

In mid-May, the contractor intends to start work on another Route 150 bridge spanning Bald Eagle Creek near Flemington. The contractor will start by removing sidewalk with flaggers in the roadway providing traffic control.

There will be a detour in place at this location during the month of June and then a long-term lane closure with temporary traffic signals providing traffic control from the end of June to the end of September. PennDOT plans to issue updates on the project before the contractor implements each of these traffic control measures.

Work on the third bridge to see work under this contract, a Route 220 bridge spanning Route 2006 and Fishing Creek, occurred last construction season. The contractor does intend to return to this bridge later in the construction season to complete an epoxy overlay. PennDOT will issue an update before that work begins.

PennDOT reminds drivers to use caution in work zones, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up. HRI, Inc. of State College, PA, is the contractor for this $3.5 million job.

Motorists are encouraged to "Know Before They Go" by checking conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles 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 accessible on the 511PA website.
                                                                                                                            

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Contact: Timothy Nebgen, tnebgen@pa.gov or 814-765-0598