CLEARFIELD – PennDOT Engineering District 2 announced today that work on a US Route 322, Centre County bridge preservation project will begin July 10. The project is financed with federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Spartan Contracting, Inc. from Stillwater, Columbia County, is the prime contractor on the $829,000 project that will help preserve three bridges along US Route 322 near State College. Work includes removal of the existing paint and application of an organic zinc coating system. Crews will work on two bridges over state Route 3010 at the Oak Hall interchange and one bridge over SR 45, near the end of the bypass. The preservation project is expected to be completed by fall 2009. All work is weather dependent.
Painting extends the useful life of the bridges and helps preserve the structures. The contractor will be working seven days a week. Work will begin with the bridges over SR 3010. That work will require containment of the bridge in order to protect the environment while painting takes place. The containment will be done one side at a time and allow traffic to move around the work zone in the other lane. Drivers should be alert for lane restrictions and slowed traffic.
The project is part of PennDOT’s more than $66 million investment of federal economic recovery funds being spent on 14 transportation projects across the nine counties of District 2.
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