Crossing work expected to start on Saturday
CATAWISSA - The detour for the North Shore Railroad's planned crossing replacement on Route 42 (Rupert Drive) just west of Catawissa will start Saturday morning, not Friday as reported in Tuesday's edition. PennDOT had changed the original start time.
The five-day detour will use Routes 11 and 487. The contractor will remove the existing rubber at-grade crossing and replace it with a new concrete surface. Anticipated completion is now late afternoon Wednesday, July 3.
Bridge replacement
PILLOW - A PennDOT bridge crew will begin a bridge replacement project on Park Road July 1.
The existing 17-foot state-owned bridge was built in 1933 and is currently classified as structurally deficient. It carries Park Road over a tributary to Mahantango Creek, about one-eighth of a mile north of Klingerstown Road, a short distance east of Pillow.
This work includes removing the existing bridge, placing a new precast concrete box culvert on the same alignment, pouring new curbs, upgrading guiderail and paving the box and both roadway approaches.
While the work is under way, the road will be closed and traffic will be detoured to Troutmans Lane, Meeting House Road and Klingerstown Road.
The new bridge is scheduled to be open to traffic by mid-August.