DUNMORE \u2014 The state State Department of Transportation\u2019s construction season in Northeast Pennsylvania involving 67 new projects totaling $655 million will be the agency\u2019s largest annual road-work program in the region encompassing Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties, officials announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, we are excited to announce our district is bidding and constructing the largest dollar-value program in District 4\u2019s history,\u201d PennDOT Engineering District 4 Executive Jonathan A. Eboli said during a media event at the District 4 office in Dunmore.<\/p>\n
Work and maintenance to roads and bridges will involve:<\/p>\n
\u2022 80 miles of road improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 200 bridges addressed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 440 miles of seal-coating.<\/p>\n
\u2022 1,300 lane miles of sealing cracks.<\/p>\n
\u2022 1,300 lane miles of road-shoulder cutting.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s on top of 81 projects previously bid in the district\u2019s six-county region that will continue progressing in 2026, Eboli said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery bridge, every road and every projects matters to us \u2014 and that commitment will be on full display this construction season in Northeast Pennsylvania,\u201d Eboli said.<\/p>\n
Notable projects expected to begin this year by county include:Lackawanna County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Surface improvement on Gordon Avenue, Carbondale, $710,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pavement replacement and bridge and road preservation on Interstate 81 northbound and southbound and Interstate 84 eastbound and westbound, Scranton and Dunmore, $124 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation on Bridge Street (Route 3017) over the Lackawanna River, Old Forge, $1.3 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Culvert replacement on Carbondale Road (Route 632) over Ackerly Creek, Waverly Twp., $595,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation on Route 435 over Van Brunt Creek, Moscow, $512,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Falls Road (Route 4036) over Falls Creek, Newton Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Milwaukee Road (Route 3006) over Gardner Creek, Newton Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge rehabilitation on Cedar Avenue (Route 3023) over Roaring Brook, Scranton.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Goers Hill over White Oak Run, Archbald.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge rehabilitation on West Lackawanna Avenue (Route 347) over the Lackawanna River, Olyphant.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Scranton Pocono Highway (Route 307) over the Williams Bridge Reservoir, Roaring Brook Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation on the Scranton Expressway (Route 11) over Keyser Avenue, North Main Avenue, Court Street and Theodore Street, Scranton.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Tigue Street park and ride construction, Dunmore.<\/p>\n
Luzerne County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Interstate 81 over Foothills Drive in Butler Twp., $9.6 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation on Route 315 over the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad in Jenkins Twp., $3 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation project on Main Street (Route 1013) over Toby\u2019s Creek in Luzerne, $1.1 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Culvert preservation project along Route 309 over Township Road in Hanover Twp., $500,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge preservation on Route 239 over Big Wapwallopen Creek in Conyngham Twp., $1.2 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 CenterPoint Southern Commerce & Trade Park improvements in Jenkins Twp., $2.1 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Interstate 80 over Interstate 81 eastbound and westbound bridge replacement in Butler Twp., $18.5 million.<\/p>\n
Pike County<\/p>\n
\u2022 High friction surface treatment installation on Promise Land Road (Route 390) in Palmyra Twp., $660,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on GAR Highway (Route 6) over Wallenpaupack Creek and Pennsylvania Power and Light flume in Palmyra Twp., $11.6 million.<\/p>\n
Susquehanna County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Route 492 over Little Butler Creek in Jackson Twp., $787,500.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Reconstruction of Interstate 81 Exit 219 (Gibson), Susquehanna County.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge repair on Old Newburg Turnpike (Route 374) over the outlet of Lowe Lake, Herrick Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Turnpike Street (Route 374) over the east branch of Tunkhannock Creek, Clifford Twp., Susquehanna County, $1.1 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Streetscaping on Main Street (Route 171), Forest City.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Resurfacing on Route 247 and Elkdale Road (Route 2033), Clifford Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Main Street (Route 2023) over the outlet of Lewis Lake, Union Dale.<\/p>\n
Wayne County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Purdytown Turnpike (Route 590) over the inlet to Lake Moc-a-Tec in Paupack Twp., $1.5 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Butternut Flats Road (Route 1007) over Boyd\u2019s Creek in Damascus Twp., $790,000.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Slope repair along Beach Lake Road (Route 652), Damascus Twp.<\/p>\n
Wyoming County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Fields Brooke Road (Route 1015) over Field Brook Creek, Nicholson Twp., $1.5 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pedestrian and trail connections, Keystone College, La Plume Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Joint trail construction, Clinton Twp. and Factoryville.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Resurfacing of Riverside Drive (Route 2033), College Avenue (Route 2016), Civic Club Highway (Route 1017), and Civic Club Way (Route 1035), Clinton Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Resurfacing on Route 6 and Route 29, Tunkhannock Twp.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bridge replacement on Lake Road (Route 2031) over the outlet of Lake Winola, Overfield Twp.<\/p>\n
Work-zone safety<\/p>\n
With some of the 2026 projects underway and more to come, there will be more workers on roads and highways. Eboli stressed safety is a top concern and state police will enforce work-zone traffic laws.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to stress this \u2014 the safety of all crews and the traveling public is our top priority as we make improvements to our networks across the six counties in the northeast,\u201d Eboli said. \u201cWe urge you (motorists) to be alert for changing conditions, avoid distractions and drive responsibly in work zones so everyone can go home. We ask you to travel through each work zone as if your family member was working there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The grounds of the District 4 headquarters has a keystone-shaped memorial on display carved with the words, \u201cWork Zone Safety Saves Lives,\u201d and \u201cDedicated To District 4-0 Fallen Workers,\u201d and contains the names of 11 workers who lost their lives in the district from 1975 through 1981. Those include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Joseph Caviston Sr., Lackawanna County, April 18, 1975.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Donald L. Martin, Pike County, June 23, 1977.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mark Harer, Wayne County, Oct. 17, 1977.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Elmer Swetland, Susquehanna County, Jan. 8, 1979.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Patrick F. DiGiovine, Lackawanna County, Jan. 31, 1980.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Duane C. Hall, Susquehanna County, April 5, 1980.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ralph M. Cornell, Luzerne County, Dec. 20, 1987.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Vincent Matylewicz, Lackawanna County, Sept. 29, 1997.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jeff L. Teske, District 4, Oct. 20, 1997.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Richard Dawson, Luzerne County, Dec. 21, 1999.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Richard Bradley, Luzerne County, May 14, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNMORE \u2014 The state State Department of Transportation\u2019s construction season in Northeast Pennsylvania involving 67 new projects totaling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72387,44287,72388,1645,16368,5747,35741,60215,178,180,179,70335,2942],"class_list":{"0":"post-160192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-bridge-preservation","9":"tag-bridge-replacement","10":"tag-culvert-replacement","11":"tag-interstate-81","12":"tag-lackawanna","13":"tag-lackawanna-river","14":"tag-luzerne","15":"tag-northeast-pennsylvania","16":"tag-scranton","17":"tag-scranton-headlines","18":"tag-scranton-news","19":"tag-susquehanna","20":"tag-susquehanna-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}