{"id":266416,"date":"2026-08-16T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266416\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:36:30","slug":"penndot-road-projects-in-berks-county-august-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266416\/","title":{"rendered":"PennDOT road projects in Berks County: August 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long-term<\/p>\n<p>Route 61, Blue Mountain Drive to Lowland Road, Tilden Township, single lane in both directions for construction through Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Route 724, Route 568 to Annon Street, Robeson Township, closed until October for bridge replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Boundary Line Road, Shartlesville Road to Valley Road, Upper Tulpehocken and Penn townships, closed for bridge repair Monday through Aug. 28. Detour on Valley Road and Pheasant Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Route 419, Summer Mountain Road to Parkside Inn Road, Tulpehocken Township, closed for bridge replacement until October.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 25-27: Interstate 78, Exit 45 (New Smithville) to Exit 40 (Krumsville), overnight construction, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 27: Heffner Road, Brownsville Road to Church Street, Heidelberg Township, roadway reflector installation, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 28: Church Street, Church Road to Route 422, Lower Heidelberg Township, shoulder work\/widening, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Friday: Route 222, Route 662 in Moselem Springs to Lehigh County line, shoulder work\/widening, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Friday: Route 61, Route 222 in Muhlenberg Township to Interstate 78 in Tilden Township, overnight crack sealing, 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Wednesday: Brownsville Road, Heidelberg Road to Upper Van Reed Road, Lower Heidelberg Township, shoulder work\/widening, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long-term Route 61, Blue Mountain Drive to Lowland Road, Tilden Township, single lane in both directions for construction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706,2155],"class_list":["post-266416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266416","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=266416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}