Sep 28, 2018 2 min read

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is moving ahead with the next phase of construction of the Southern Beltway’s Route 22 to Interstate 79 project and will hold a community meeting to detail the next section of work, which extends approximately one mile along I-79 in Cecil Township. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hilton Garden Inn, 1000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg.

PTC representatives and contracted specialists will be available to discuss future detours, blasting zones and additional construction-related information about the section, which is anticipated to be completed in the summer of 2020.

The $23.6 million contract for this section was awarded to Independence Excavating out of Ohio. The work includes two bridges to be built; one over I-79 and the other over the Southern Beltway.

More details pertaining to the scope of work will be announced at the community meeting, which will be an open-house style format.

Independence Excavating is constructing the section of beltway in Robinson Township, which is slated to be completed in mid-2019.

CDR Maguire Inc. of Pittsburgh is managing the construction of this entire project, which includes nine construction sections at a total estimated cost of $800 million. The 13 miles of Southern Beltway currently being constructed will extend from the southern terminus of the existing, six-mile section called the Findlay Connector, which opened in 2006, to an interchange with I-79 near the Washington-Allegheny County line. The entire 19-mile Southern Beltway is expected to open to traffic in 2021 and will connect I-79 to I-376 at Pittsburgh International Airport. To learn more, visit https://www.patpconstruction.com/southern_beltway/.