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5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that it reduced the speed limit on a stretch of the Buffalo Pittsburgh Highway (Route 219) in Lafayette Township, McKean County, to 45 miles per hour. This reduction will enhance safety through an ongoing bridge preservation work zone.
 
5/6/2024
PennDOT District 11 is announcing daily intermittent traffic stoppages on Route 50 (Washington Pike) in Collier Township, Allegheny County beginning Wednesday, May 8 weather permitting.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is reminding travelers of a closure scheduled for next week on Route 997 (Anthony Highway) at a 4.75-mile resurfacing project in Quincy, Guilford, and Greene townships, Franklin County.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today there has been a schedule change for the traffic signal project planned at the intersection of Route 72 and Isabel Drive in North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.
 
5/6/2024
Motorists are advised a resurfacing project is set to begin next week on Route 4016 (Black Run Road) in Madison and Pine townships, Columbia County.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is inviting high school students in the District 10 region of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson Counties to participate in the annual Paint the Plow program.
 
5/6/2024
​Indiana, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a bridge replacement project for the Rimersburg Bridge on Cherry Run Road in Toby Township, Clarion County.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a change of date for upcoming lane restrictions and ramp closures on Interstate 79 Northbound and Southbound in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County as crews continue work on the Portersville Bridge Project.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a box culvert replacement project on Freeport Road (Route 356) in Summit Township, Butler County.
 
5/6/2024
​A $2.1 million project to improve safety by repairing pedestrian signals at more than 100 intersections in northwest Pennsylvania is expected to start later this month.
 
5/6/2024
PennDOT is announcing that preparation work for the resurfacing project on the Wayne Richard Weaver II Bridge (Toby Bridge) along Miola Road (Route 1005) will begin on May 7, 2024 in Clarion Borough, Clarion County.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing the continuation of a corridor improvement project on PA 68 in Butler and Connoquenessing Townships in Butler County.
 
5/6/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a bridge replacement project for on Cloe-Rossiter Road in Bell Township, Jefferson County.
 
5/6/2024
Tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Monroe County will host a media event to honor lives lost and urge work zone safety. The PennDOT Workers’ Memorial, which pays tribute to the 90 PennDOT workers who have been killed in the line of duty since 1970, will be on display from May 2 through May 8.
 
5/6/2024
PennDOT District 11 is announcing a single-lane restriction on westbound I-376 (Beaver Valley Expressway) in Brighton Township, Beaver County, will occur Tuesday through Friday, May 7-10 weather permitting.
 
5/6/2024
PennDOT District 11 is announcing gas line work on Route 51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will begin tonight, Monday night, May 6 weather permitting.
 
5/6/2024
PennDOT District 11 is announcing roadway improvement work on Route 4049 (Nicholson Road) in Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County will begin Tuesday, May 7 weather permitting.
 
5/4/2024
Motorists are advised that Route 220 is closed in both directions between Route 2053 (Rabbittown Road / Beacon Light Road) and Auchmuty Road in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, due to a vehicle crash.
 
5/3/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) updated drivers on the schedule for its South Atherton Street (Route 3014) project that stretches from Curtin Road to just north of Westerly Parkway in State College. Motorists traveling through the work zone can expect the following the week of May 6.
 
5/3/2024
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that overhead bridge work is scheduled on U.S. 422 in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, and Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, under a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project to widen and improve its bridges between mileposts 324-326.