Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in Clearfield County the week of August 11. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in ClearfieldCounty for the coming week is as follows:
Bridge Maintenance & Cleaning
• Route 2024 (Old Erie Pike) at a bridge spanning a branch of Morgan Run three miles southeast of Dimeling in Boggs Township. Monday, August 11, through Friday, August 15. PennDOT will implement a detour using Route 2051, Route 2049, Route 2028 (Long Run Road), and Route 2027 (Mineral Spring Road).
Pennsylvania has some of the oldest bridges in the country, with an age of more than 50 years on average. Preventive maintenance is vital in extending the life of the structures. As such, PennDOT maintenance crews perform some bridge deck patching and structural repairs.
Crack Seal & Hot Pour Mastic
• Route 53 between Shoff Lane in Bigler Township and Route 2014 (Ashland to Coal Run Road) in Decatur Township. Monday, August 11, through Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
Crack sealing and hot pour mastic operations prevent water intrusion from seeping through cracks or joints in an asphalt road, which can lead to potholes and pavement breakup. They are proactive preventive maintenance strategies to prevent water from entering the roadways and accelerating the formation of potholes and other failures.
Manual Patching
• Route 410 between Route 4001 (Point Avenue) in Troutville Borough and Weber Road in Brady Township. Monday, August 11, and Tuesday August 12. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 3001 (Ridge Road) between Nebo Road and Route 3004 (Sylvis Road) in Burnside Township. Monday, August 11, through Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• All of Route 4001 (Point Avenue) in Brady Township and Troutville Borough. Wednesday, August 13, and Thursday, August 14. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 3008 (Lyleville Road) between Route 3005 (St. Lawrence Road) and Route 53 in Beccaria Township. Wednesday, August 13, through Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• All of Route 4005 (Greenville Pike) in Bloom and Pike Townships. Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
Most permanent pothole patching is completed in the spring/summer when temperatures stay consistently above freezing. If maintenance crews were not repairing potholes, the road surface would break up further and require more expensive corrective measures.
Side Dozing
• Route 153 between Route 2011 (Atlantic to Henderson Road) in Woodward Township and Route 253 in Gulich Township. Monday, August 11, through Wednesday, August 13. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 253 between Elizabeth Street in Houtzdale Borough and Route 2001 (Beaver Dam Road) in Gulich Township. Monday, August 11, through Wednesday, August 13. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
Side dozing removes excess material from beneath guide rail areas, which improves drainage and allows water to sheet flow off the roadway. Side dozing is a crucial highway maintenance operation because when drainage systems do not function properly, water collects on the road, weakens pavement, accelerates the formation of potholes, and creates the potential for icing conditions in the winter months.
Surface Treatment
• Route 2012 (Faunce Road) between Turkey Hill Road in Knox Township and Route 153 in Woodward Township. Monday, August 11, and Tuesday, August 12.
• Route 153 between Route 2024 (Dimeling Road) in Boggs Township and Route 2011 (Atlantic to Henderson Road) in Woodward Township. Monday, August 11, through Wednesday, August 13. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 2007 (Burly to West Decatur/Ashland to Burly/Parsonville Road) between Woods Hollow Road in Decatur Township and Route 53 in Woodward Township. Wednesday, August 13, and Thursday, August 14.
• All of Route 2014 (Jeffries to Ashland/Ashland to Coal Run Road) in Decatur Township. Wednesday, August 13, and Thursday, August 14. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 2051 (Drane Highway) between Woods Hollow Road in Boggs Township and Route 2017 (Six Mile Road) in Decatur Township. Thursday, August 14, and Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 2017 (Scotch Hollow Road) between Route 2019 (Centre/Six Mile Road) and Route 2014 (Ashland to Coal Run Road) in Decatur Township. Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• Route 2019 (Centre/Six Mile Road) between Route 2016 (Blue Spruce Road) and Route 2051 (Drane Highway) in Decatur Township. Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• All of Route 2046 (Walnut Street) in Decatur Township. Friday, August 15. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
Commonly known as “oil and chip” or “sealcoat,” this operation is a preservation strategy used to maintain mainly low-traffic-volume roads for five to seven years. It is also used on high-volume roads to extend pavement life between resurfacings. Generally, it takes stones about two days to fully bond in the hardened asphalt. Motorists should reduce their speed on these roads until the stones fully adhere to the asphalt. This maintenance seals the road surface to keep water out, restores the friction of the surface to enhance traction, and is very cost-effective.
This schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions, emergencies, or other unforeseen interruptions.
Customers can report road concerns by calling 1-800-FIX-ROAD. If calling after hours, please leave a name and phone number.
For more information on PennDOT’s maintenance activities, visit www.PennDOT.pa.gov/about-us/maintenanceactivities.
