Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that Verizon, Zito Media, and the contractor for its High-Speed Interchange between Interstates 80 and 99 will relocate overhead utility wires on I-99 on Tuesday, December 3. PennDOT urges drivers to build extra time into their travel schedules as it expects significant impacts for northbound and southbound traffic on I-99 between the Bellefonte/Zion exit at mile marker 83 and Route 26.
Starting at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, December 3, the contractor will implement rolling slowdowns and stoppages as crews start relocation work. PennDOT anticipates stoppages of 15 consecutive minutes before the contractor releases queued traffic. PennDOT expects this to be a daylong process lasting until approximately 4:00 PM. There is, however, the potential for winter weather in the forecast for early next week, and all work is weather-dependent.
Weather permitting, crews will also be placing concrete barriers along I-80 eastbound between mile markers 158 and 161 as part of the long-term traffic control pattern for the project. The contractor will complete this work between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
This project will enhance traffic safety by providing a direct connection between the two highways, making it unnecessary to travel along Route 26 to access them, relieving traffic congestion, and realigning service for local traffic.
Overall work on this project includes building the interchange, ten bridges, four retaining walls, five box culverts, seven sign structures, and three changeable message boards. It also includes constructing new and rebuilding existing roadways and ramps, drainage improvements, installing Intelligent Transportation Devices, guide rail and highway lighting, pavement marking, stream improvements, and miscellaneous construction. Work will continue through the next six construction seasons, ending in 2030.
Trumbull Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA, is the contractor on this $259 million project. Approximately $170 million of the funding comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
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