Dec 22, 2017 By For The Greene County Messenger 3 min read

The Wolf Administration has announced that in in the southwest region of the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has paved 262 miles of roadway, and has also completed or put out contracts to preserve, repair, and replace more than 200 bridges.

The work completed in Greene, Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties is part of the roughly 2,100 roadway miles the department had paved through the end of October.

“With investments of over $375 million in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties in 2017, our region is making huge strides in our bridge conditions and regional mobility,” said District 11 Executive Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, in a release recently issued by PennDOT. “The department is proud to be delivering significant infrastructure improvements for the Pittsburgh region.”

In the department’s four-county, Uniontown-based District 12 region, contracts were put out for 36 state-owned bridges, four locally owned bridges and department forces preserved, replaced or repaired 13 bridges. More than 110 miles of paving was completed, including:

n Route 18 in Washington and Greene counties (5 miles);

n Interstate 70 in Washington County (15 miles);

n Route 119 in Fayette County (5 miles);

n Route 381 (Normalville/Ohiopyle Road) in Fayette County (7 miles); and

n Interstate 70 New Stanton Interchange (8 miles).

In the department’s three-county, Bridgeville-based District 11 region, contracts were put out for 73 state-owned bridges, nine locally owned bridges and department forces preserved, replaced or made repairs to 77 bridges. Also, more than 152 miles were paved, including:

n Interstate 376 in Allegheny County (8.4 miles);

n Route 4003 (McKnight Road) in Allegheny County (5.7 miles);

n Interstate 376 in Beaver County (25.2 miles); and

n Route 65 in Lawrence County (6.7 miles).

“Under the leadership of the governor and our transportation secretary, the department continues to forge ahead with our commitment to improving our vital road and bridge transportation assets in our region,” Joe Szczur, district executive for Greene, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties said in the release. “Over 10 years we have accomplished a lot – our major modernization program on Interstate 70 alone includes 20 contracts and planned improvements worth $1 billion, over 500 bridges have been replaced and our department forces have replaced 90 more. And we have much more planned to do.”

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 850 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter. com/511PAPittsburgh.