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<\/p>\nDUNMORE \u2014 Two significant bridge projects in Lackawanna County near their completion as the roads are expected to open this week, PennDOT officials announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n
During a news conference to highlight construction accomplishments throughout 2025, Harold Hill, PennDOT District 4 Assistant District Executive, announced both the Twin Bridges and Green Ridge Street Bridge are expected to open Thursday. The remainder of the work to wrap up both projects will be completed in 2026, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the warmer weather coming in the next day or two, we\u2019re going to be able to put lines down and get those bridges open,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be taking the temporary bridge down on Green Ridge Street and then traffic will be back on the mainline.\u201d<\/p>\n
The $113 million Twin Bridges project on Interstate 84 \u2014 which began in 2020 \u2014 involved the replacement of two mainline bridges carrying Interstate 84 eastbound and westbound over Roaring Brook and the active Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) Railroad, and the reconfiguration of Exit 2 with Route 435 in Dunmore Borough and Roaring Brook Twp., PennDOT officials said<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll be able to travel both east and westbound, and then in the spring we\u2019ll do some minor paving work, but for all intents and purposes that bridge is done,\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n
A nearly $20 million project to replace the 208-foot-long, 52-foot-wide Green Ridge Bridge in Scranton started near the end of 2024 as PennDOT closed a portion of Nay Aug Avenue for reconstruction in early December last year, officials said.<\/p>\n
The two-lane bridge over the Lackawanna River, built in 1946 and partly upgraded in 1983, deteriorated and had to be replaced, PennDOT officials said. Otherwise, the state would have needed to post weight limits that would block big trucks from supplying shopping centers and other businesses on Green Ridge Street, officials added.<\/p>\n
The project called for construction of a temporary bridge next to the original bridge, followed by demolition of the original bridge and construction of a permanent bridge in that same spot.<\/p>\n
In early May, PennDOT opened a temporary bridge carrying Green Ridge Street over the Lackawanna River which\u00a0accommodates two-lane, two-way traffic with an attached pedestrian walkway located on the upstream side of the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a group effort to get all this work completed with safety and quality in mind,\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n
Additionally, PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll praised the work of crews on the Green Ridge Bridge project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was there to see the temporary bridge that was deployed, and that made that project advance quicker and made it safer for the delivery of the new asset,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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PennDOT District 4\u2019s Executive Assistant of Construction Harold Hill speaks during a press conference at the PennDOT District 4 headquarters in Dunmore on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n
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PennDOT District 4\u2019s Executive Assistant of Construction Harold Hill speaks during a press conference at the PennDOT District 4 headquarters in Dunmore on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n
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PennDOT District 4\u2019s Executive Assistant of Construction Harold Hill speaks during a press conference at the PennDOT District 4 headquarters in Dunmore on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n