Indiana County’s road and bridge construction season is gathering steam, with a number of projects underway or about to be.
Repairs to the bridge at South 6th Street and Grant Street in Indiana Borough begin tomorrow. A portion of Grant will be closed through May 1st, with School Street and Carter Avenue acting as alternatives. South 6th Street will remain open. It’s a continuation of a $3.1 project begun last summer that also involved ramp replacement and additional work on Route 119.
The intersection improvement project on Indian Springs Road in White Township begins on Wednesday. It’s happening at the intersection with Wayne Avenue, through to Oakland Avenue, with the work to include the addition of left turn lanes, widening, and a new signal at the intersection of Indian Springs Road and Rustic Lodge Road. There will be alternating lane closures controlled by flaggers through the completion of the $4.3 million project in early October.
In northern Indiana County, a bridge replacement project begins next week in Canoe Township. Preparation work for the replacement of the Broadhead Run Bridge will last from April 6th until Locust Lane closes, from July 7th through September 29th, between Wright Road and Oberlin Hill Road. The $1.5 million project is scheduled for completion at the end of October.
Here is the detour (approximately ten miles):
From the northern end of the structure, drivers will travel north on Locust Lane for 3.2 miles. Turn left onto Watering Trough Road. Follow Watering Trough Road for 2 miles. Turn left onto Leisure Road. Follow Leisure Road for 3.1 miles. Continue straight onto East Creek Road for 0.4 miles. Turn left at the fork in the road onto Locust Lane. Follow Locust Lane for 1 mile to reach the southern end of the structure. Those travelling from the southern side of the structure will reverse these directions.
OTHER BRIDGE PROJECTS:
The replacement of the bridge carrying Rearick Road over Blackleggs Creek in Young Township begins April 6th with the closure of Rearick Road between Wertz Road and Shrokman Road.
A $1.9 million bridge replacement is scheduled for April 13th through January 27th of next year on Sexton Road in White Township. The road will close between Brown Road and Hilltop Road to replace the span over Tributary to Cherry Run Bridge. The detour will use Old Route 56 and Route 286. There will be alternating lane restrictions on 286 for the first phase of the project, and then two-way traffic will resume for the second phase.
In addition to the PennDOT projects in Indiana County, Indiana Borough has announced that repairs are scheduled to get underway this summer on five other bridges, all of which span Marsh Run, with the borough scheduled to do the work. They include bridges on Maple Street, Locust Street, 4th & Church streets, School Street, and 7th Street.
