Montoursville, PA – As 2018 nears its end, PennDOT’s Montoursville-based Engineering District 3 is wrapping up another busy construction season in nine counties in north central Pennsylvania.
The district, covering Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, and Union counties, opened bids for 52 contracts totaling nearly $124.6 million in value. Of those contracts, 39 were for roadway work and 13 were for bridge work.
More than 188 miles of paving and 334 miles of surface-preserving seal coating (oil and chip) were completed in the district in 2018.
Work was performed on 106 state-owned bridges by contractors or department forces. This included the replacement or rehabilitation of 46 bridges, and preservation work on 55 bridges in good condition to extend the life of those bridges.
This work included 14 small bridge projects and two bridge preservation projects completed by department force crews. The district has been able to stretch limited resources by using in-house capabilities such as paving and bridge crews to complete work.
In addition to programmed work, the district needed to respond this year to significant damage caused by extended periods of flooding from late July through September. Flooding damaged more than 400 state roads in the district and caused about $57 million in damages. A total of 48 emergency flood contracts worth an estimated $23.8 million were started this year. Some of this work will be completed in 2019.
Below is a list, by county, of the major projects that were under construction in the district in 2018. Some of the largest are multi-year projects that started prior to 2018.
Bradford County
• Route 6, 7.2-mile resurfacing and shoulder widening in Troy and West Burlington townships, and Burlington Borough. Completion in September 2019, $11.5 million;
• Route 220, bridge replacement and intersection improvement project at the intersection of Route 1022 (Bridge Street) in Ulster Township. Completion in spring 2019, $3.2 million;
• Route 414, emergency slide repair in Leroy Township. Completion in April 2020, $2.2 million; and
• Route 549, bridge replacement over Seeley Creek in Wells Township. Completion in July 2019, $3.4 million.
Columbia County
• Route 42, 2.1-mile mill and resurfacing from Hill Road to Route 442 in Millville Borough and Greenwood Township and Route 487 from Route 254 to Route 239 in Benton Borough and Benton Township. Completion in spring 2019, $3 million;
• Interstate 80 eastbound, 4.4-mile resurfacing from Mifflinville to the Luzerne County line. Completion in spring 2019, $3 million; and
• Route 339, 3.2-mile widening and resurfacing project from West Street to Smith Hollow Road in Mifflin Township. Completion in October 2020, $5.3 million.
Lycoming County
• Route 14, rehabilitation of two bridges, including a superstructure replacement on a bridge over Greys Run, 3.5 miles north of Trout Run, and on a truss bridge over Lycoming Creek, one mile north of Ralston. Completion in spring 2019, $3.9 million;
• Route 15, northbound bridge rehabilitation project near Trout Run in Lewis Township. Completed in August 2018, $2.1 million;
• Route 44, slide repair about one mile south of Waterville in Cummings Township. Completion in May 2019, $1.6 million;
• Route 87, emergency slide repair project just north of Route 1007 (Dunwoody Road) in Plunketts Creek Township, completion in August 2019, $2.1 million;
• Route 118, 5-mile resurfacing from Mill Lane to Unityville Road in Franklin and Jordan townships. Completed in October 2018, $1.5 million;
• Route 1017 (Lycoming Creek Road), bridge rehabilitation project in Lycoming and Hepburn townships. Completed in November 2018, $3.5 million; and
• Interstate 180, 8.6-mile resurfacing project from Cemetery Road in Fairfield Township to the Muncy Creek bridge. Completion in November 2019, $6 million.
Montour County: Interstate 80 eastbound, reconstruction from Danville to the Columbia County line, with concrete patching in the eastbound and westbound lanes from the Northumberland County line to the Danville interchange in Liberty, Valley and West Hemlock Townships. Completed in November 2018, $30.3 million.
Northumberland County
• Route 147 (Duke Street) and Route 11 (Water Street), reconstruction in Northumberland Borough, includes intersection improvements at Duke and Water streets, and Water and King streets. Estimated completion in 2020, $14 million;
• Route 11, widening at the intersection with Route 147 (Duke Street) in Northumberland Borough. Completion in summer 2019, $2.8 million; and
• Interstate 80, 5-mile resurfacing from the Susquehanna River Bridge to Limestoneville. Completed in November 2018, $3.4 million.
Snyder County
• Route 11, 1.3-mile mill and resurfacing from Route 522 to Roosevelt Avenue in Selinsgrove Borough. Completed in fall 2018, $650,000;
• Route 522, 1.4-mile mill and resurfacing from Bridge Street to the Routes 11/15 Interchange in Selinsgrove Borough, Penn Township and Monroe Township. Completed in fall 2018, $600,000;
• Route 2017 (Market Street), 1.6-mile mill and resurfacing from Sand Hill Road to Route 522 in Selinsgrove Borough. Completed in fall 2018, $1.8 million; and
• Route 522, bridge replacement over Middle Creek at Kreamer in Middle Creek Township. Open to traffic in November 2017, completed in April 2018, $4.3 million.
Sullivan County
• Route 154 bridge replacement over Hoagland Branch in Fox Township. Completion in the spring of 2019, $1.5 million; and
• Route 220, 4.4-mile mill and resurfacing project in Laporte Township and Laporte Borough. Completed in October 2018, $2.7 million project.
Tioga County
• Route 6, 6-mile mill and resurfacing from Colton Road in Shippen Township to Sylvan Glen Road in Gaines Township. Completed in fall 2018, $2.5 million;
• Route 6, 0.75-mile bridge rehabilitation and resurfacing project in Charleston Township. Completion in September 2019, $1.9 million;
• Route 15, 9.7-mile micro-surfacing from the New York State line in Lawrence Township to the Route 287 Interchange in Tioga Township. Completed in September 2018, $930,000;
• Route 49, 5-mile resurfacing from Route 4007 (California Hollow Road) in Westfield Township to Route 249 in Knoxville Borough. Completed in August 2018, $1.5 million; and
• Route 287, bridge replacement in Middlebury Township. Completion in late spring of 2019, $1.5 million.
Union County: Route 15, traffic signals upgrade at intersections in East Buffalo Township and Lewisburg Borough. This is a local adaptive signals project sponsored by Lewisburg Borough and East Buffalo Township. Completed in August 2018, $376,000.
Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties
• Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway (CSVT), first contract, River Bridge connecting Route 147 in Point Township, Northumberland County, with Route 15 in Winfield, Union County. Completion in 2020, $157 million;
• CSVT, second contract, earthwork and structures for the new alignment of Route 147 from the river bridge to the existing four-lane section of Route 147. Completion in 2019, $61 million;
• CSVT, third contract, U.S. 15 earthwork and structures for an interchange just south of Winfield in Monroe Township, Snyder County, and Union Township, Union County. Estimated completion in 2019, $37 million; and
• CSVT, fourth contract, paving of the entire northern section of CSVT, south of Winfield in Monroe Township, Snyder County to south of Montandon in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County. Estimated completion in 2022, $52 million.
