{"id":71522,"date":"2025-12-27T16:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71522\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:17:15","slug":"i-78-rehab-project-tops-list-of-more-than-840m-in-eastern-pa-roadwork-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71522\/","title":{"rendered":"I-78 rehab project tops list of more than $840M in eastern Pa. roadwork in 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation\u2019s<\/a> Engineering District 5 completed 39 road and bridge projects this year as part of a construction season that saw 87 active projects valued at more than $840 million across six counties in east central Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

District 5, which covers Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties<\/a>, replaced or repaired 133 bridges and paved over 100 roadway miles during 2025, according to PennDOT. The department also put 54 projects out to bid with an estimated value exceeding $135 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great year for road and bridge projects, including a major I-78 project in Berks County,\u201d District Executive Chris Kufro said. \u201cPennDOT will continue to work with regional planning partners to prioritize projects to improve safety and mobility in east central Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n

The largest completed project was a $134.6 million Interstate 78\/Route 61 interchange reconstruction in Berks County. The work included reconfiguring interchange ramps, widening and rehabilitating the I-78 mainline arch bridge over the Schuylkill River, widening the I-78 bridge over Port Clinton Avenue, and replacing the Route 61 bridge over I-78. Crews also built retaining walls, sound barriers, sign structures, highway lighting, and intelligent transportation system devices while upgrading drainage systems, guide rails, and safety barriers.<\/p>\n

Several major projects remain underway in the region. In Berks County, a $120 million project is replacing the I-78 bridge over Maiden Creek and Route 143 in Greenwich Township. <\/p>\n

Carbon County\u2019s largest active project is a $120 million replacement of the I-80 bridge over the Lehigh River, Lehigh Gorge State Park, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, and River Road.<\/p>\n

In Lehigh County, crews are reconstructing the Route 309 interchange at Tilghman Street in South Whitehall Township for $86.47 million. Monroe County is seeing work on a $93.8 million realignment and reconstruction of the Exit 308\/Prospect Street interchange on I-80 in East Stroudsburg Borough. <\/p>\n

Schuylkill County has a $115 million reconstruction and safety improvement project on Route 61 spanning multiple municipalities.<\/p>\n

Among completed projects, Berks County saw $17.7 million in improvements to I-78 including patching, milling, and paving across three townships. Monroe County finished $11 million in milling, paving, and bridge repairs on Route 209\/Hamilton West in Hamilton Township. Schuylkill County completed $14.47 million in milling, patching, and paving on I-81 across four townships.<\/p>\n

The budget recently signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro continues investments in repairing Pennsylvania\u2019s road and bridge network.<\/p>\n

Motorists can check road conditions at www.511PA.com<\/a>, which provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,200 traffic cameras 24 hours a day. The service is also available through smartphone applications for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.<\/p>\n

PennDOT\u2019s planned and active construction projects are available at www.pa.gov\/DOTprojects<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation\u2019s Engineering District 5 completed 39 road and bridge projects this year as part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-71522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71522","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=71522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}