STATE COLLEGE – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is alerting motorists that bridge repair work will start Monday, April 27 on a Route 26 bridge near State College.
The bridge spans Thompson Run at the Route 26 and Puddintown Road intersection.
This work is part of a two-year bridge preservation project to improve five structures in Centre County.
Normal highway and bridge construction projects in Pennsylvania remain paused as part of the commonwealth’s efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
This project is part of critical work that continues statewide addressing safety needs and work needed to eliminate roadway restrictions that could impede the ability for the movement of life sustaining goods and services.
When work begins on Monday, traffic will be maintained by shifting lanes along Route 26 to accommodate two lanes of traffic in each direction.
Later this summer, work will take place closer to Puddintown Road and a local detour will be in place. PennDOT will issue a project update prior to the detour. Work at this location is expected to be complete by early September.
Other bridge locations on this contract include:
- Route 1002 Bridge over Marsh Creek in Liberty Township, 2-mile northeast of Romola near Lower Polecat Road.
- Route 3040 bridge over Ardrey Run in Huston Township, 3 miles northeast of Port Matilda near the intersection with Ardery Hollow Road.
- Route 3040 bridge over Dix run in Huston Township, 1-mile southwest of Julian near the intersection with Silverdale Road.
- Route 3049 bridge over Moshannon Creek in Osceola Mills.
- Stone masonry retaining wall along Route 150 and Spring Creek near Tallyrand Park in the Borough of Bellefonte.
Overall work will include deck repair/replacement, beam, abutment and wing repairs, new barrier, paving, guide rail improvements and minor drainage improvements.
George S. Hann & Son Inc. of Fort Littleton, Pa., is the contractor on this $1.5 million project. Work is expected to be complete by late June. All work is weather and schedule dependent.
The Route 26 bridge dates from 1959. It is 29 feet long and carries an average of 1,300 vehicles each day. Rehabilitation work on this structure will extend its useful life and improve the ride quality and safety of the roadway surface.
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