Route 405 project starts April 15
MONTOURSVILLE - A $3.65 million bridge replacement and rehabilitation project on Route 405 in Northumberland County is set to start the week of April 15.
Prime contractor Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. will begin work by closing Route 405 at the bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks just west of Housels Run Road, and implementing a signed detour.
Also included will be the superstructure (deck and beams) rehabilitation on the nearby two-span bridge over Chillisquaque Creek on Route 405 just south of the intersection with Housels Run Road.
Work will take place on both bridges concurrently, with both open to traffic before December.
Additional work will include drainage improvements, guiderail upgrades, new pavement, paved shoulders and new pavement markings.
Motorists wishing to travel south of Montandon on Route 405 will be re-routed east on Route 45, then south onto Route 147.
A separate bicycle detour for PA Bike Route J will follow Ridge Road, Mountain Road, Tower Road, Ridge Road, Kremer Road, Snyder Road and Ridge Road.
Miracle Network events planned
DANVILLE - The Miracle 5K Run and Walk benefiting Children's Miracle Network will take place at Geisinger Medical Center Saturday, April 27.
The out-and-back race will begin at the Hospital for Advanced Medicine at 9 a.m. Registration is at 8 a.m.
Pre-registered participants can sign up before April 19 for $15 or $50 for a family of four.
Race day registration is $20 per person. T-shirts are included for the first 100 entrants.
Awards will be given to the top overall fundraising individual and group, as well as the overall male and female winner and the top three finishers in each age group.
Registration forms are available online at www.geisinger.org/cmn/calendar. Checks can be made payable to Geisinger Health System Foundation.
The funds raised by this event will help to provide pediatric equipment, programs and services at Janet Weis Children's Hospital and throughout Geisinger Health System.
For more information, call 271-6188 or 1-800-322-5437.