PennDOT changes schedule for nightly road closings in Morrisville
WAYNESBURG – The state Department of Transportation has changed dates on which Route 19/21 will be closed at night to allow a contractor to erect beams for the new railroad overpass in Morrisville, Franklin Township. The road will be closed at the overpass from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Nov. 4-6, and if necessary the same hours on Nov. 7, said Valerie Petersen, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.
PennDOT earlier had scheduled the closing for Oct. 28-30.
Separate detours will be marked for passenger vehicles and trucks.
Passenger vehicles will be detoured using Sugar Run Road and Porter Street around the affected area.
Trucks will follow another detour because of the difficulty they would have negotiating the sharp turn on Sugar Run Road, Petersen said.
The truck detour will use Interstate 79 and Route 19, between Ruff Creek and Waynesburg. Route 21 will be closed to westbound truck traffic at I-79 and to eastbound truck traffic at Route 19.
PennDOT is replacing the railroad overpass over the two-lane highway and the adjacent two-lane bridge, carrying traffic over Ten Mile Creek, with four-lane structures.
The $15.1 million project was originally scheduled to be completed in fall 2016. However, delays caused primarily by utility relocations have pushed the completion date back by about a year.