Aug 24, 2011 7 min read

The state Department of Transportation District 12 has released an update on construction projects in Fayette County.

The projects are as follows:

n Route 3006 (New Geneva Road) over York Run — This project, which is funded by federal economic stimulus money, calls for the replacement of a bridge on New Geneva Road over York Run in Nicholson Township. There will be a detou during construction. The tentative completion is mid-September. The contractor on the $1.5 project is Frank Gavlik & Sons Inc. of Charleroi.

Update: The marked detour uses the following routes: North from Point Marion: traffic cannot follow Route 166 to Smithfield but must follow Route 119 to Smithfield. From Masontown on Route 166: traffic must follow Route 166 toward Point Marion then proceed north to Smithfield via Route 119.

n Hometown Streets project in Connellsville — This project consists of construction of streetscape improvements, sidewalks, landscaping, installation of decorative lights and other miscellaneous construction on state Route 1037 (Pittsburgh Street) in Connellsville from around Grape Alley to near Crawford Avenue. The contractor on the $182,637 project is Gulisek Construction, LLC. The current expected completion date is late October.

Update: Motorists can expect daytime single-lane restrictions, with alternating traffic controlled by flaggers.

n Trout Run Bridge — This project calls for the replacement of two bridge structures located on Route 1054 (Indian Head Road) over Trout Run Creek in Saltlick Township.

The bridges are between Route 381 (Indian Creek Valley Road) and Route 1003 (Millerstown Road). The first structure is currently a steel I-beam bridge with a span length of 17 feet.

This structure will be replaced with a concrete box culvert and will remain on the existing alignments. The second structure is a steel I-beam bridge that has a span length of 39 feet. This structure will be replaced with a concrete box beam bridge and also will remain on the same alignments. Anticipated completion date is November 2012. The contractor on the $1.3 million project is Frank Gavlik & Sons.

Update: A detour that follows Route 381 (Indian Creek Valley Road) and Route 1058 (County Line Road) has been established. Work will start on removing existing structure and replacing with a precast box culvert, paving, and guardrail.

n Route 201 bridge over Route 51 — This project will consist of bridge rehabilitation and other miscellaneous construction where Route 201 crosses over Route 51 in Perry Township. The contractor on the project is CH&D Enterprises.

Update: The contractor has established single lane closure and second-phase construction has begun. The contractor is continuing demolition, spall repair, parapet walls and asphalt paving.

n Route 51 from Randall’s to Westmoreland County Line — This project consists of pavement preservation to 2.5 miles of Route 51 in Perry Township and Perryopolis Borough.

It includes milling, resurfacing, and updating the drainage, guardrail, signing and pavement marking.

The project begins about 300 feet south of the intersection of Route 51 and Route 4046 (Rehoboth Church Road) and ends at the Fayette/Westmoreland County line.

Work started on May 9 and is scheduled to complete in mid-October. The contractor on the $1.3 million project is Golden Eagle Construction of Uniontown.

Update: The second phase started with single lanes going on Route 51 northbound and southbound with milling, paving, guardrail replacement, and slide repair.

n Route 1039 bridge over Dickerson Run — This project, which is funded by federal economic stimulus money, consists of a bridge replacement and other miscellaneous construction as necessary to tie into the approach road. The bridge carries Route 1039 (Leisenring-Vanderbilt Road) over Dickerson Run in Dunbar Township. The contractor on the $822,505 project is Gregori Construction & Engineering Inc. This project will complete in mid-October.

Update: The bridge is closed and a detour is in place.

n Route 3013 (Palmer Road) over Middle Run — This project calls for the replacement of the bridge carrying Route 3013 (Palmer Road) over Middle Run near the Palmer-Croushore intersection in German Township.

The new bridge will be a single-cell, precast reinforced concrete box culvert. Work on the road approaches will consist of full-depth pavement reconstruction as well as overlay required to tie into the new structure.

The contractor on the $747,551 project is Donegal Construction Corp. of Greensburg. Traffic will be detoured during construction. Work is currently expected to begin in 2012 after the start of Albert Gallatin Area School District’s summer recess, pending right-of-way authorization or clearance.

The contract completion date is set for October 2012, although the project is required to be opened to normal traffic by Sept. 21, 2012.

Update: Although construction will not start until June 2012, motorists may notice some preliminary survey work being done. Plan development and right-of-way acquisition are on schedule.

n Route 3009 (Walnut Hill Road) over Coal Lick Run — The project is located in South Union Township and consists of replacing the bridge that carries Route 3009 (Walnut Hill Road) over Coal Lick Run. During construction, single-lane traffic on Route 3009 will be controlled by temporary traffic signals. The contractor on the $909,765 project is CH&D Enterprises. The project is scheduled to complete in May 2013.

Update: While construction may not start for awhile, motorists may notice some preliminary work being done.

Route 1054 over Indian Creek — This project consists of replacing the existing bridge that carries Route 1054 (Indian Head Road) over Indian Creek in Saltlick Township. The new bridge will be constructed in a way that will allow emergency vehicle access only. All thru-traffic will be maintained using a signed detour route. The contractor on the $2.4 million project is Appalachian Construction. The tentative completion date is in March 2013.

Update: Although construction may not start for awhile, motorists may notice some preliminary work being done.

Route 166 over Dunlap Creek — This consists of replacing the bridge that carries Route 166 (Thornton Road) over Dunlap Creek in Luzerne and Redstone townships.

The contractor on the $1.7 million project is Frank Gavlik & Sons Inc. The tentative completion date is midsummer 2013.

Update: While construction may not start for awhile, motorists may notice some preliminary work being done.

Route 166 over Middle Run — This project calls for the replacement of a bridge carrying Route 166 over Middle Run. One lane of traffic will be maintained during construction. Construction will complete in late September. The contractor on the $821,738 project is CH&D Enterprise.

Update: Construction may not start for awhile, but motorists may notice some preliminary work being done.

Pittsburgh Street Bridge — This project will consist of a bridge replacement and other miscellaneous construction necessary to tie into the approach road. The project is currently in the design phase. Traffic will be detoured when construction begins. The contract was let in late 2010 and work is scheduled to be completed in October 2012. The contractor on the $1.3 million job is the Velotta Company.

Update: Although construction may not start for awhile, motorists may notice some preliminary work being done. The project is waiting on right-of-way clearances.

In addition, PennDOT District 12 is continuing its expansion dam repair work to extend the service life of its bridges. Strip and compression seals will be replaced at 18 bridges within Greene and Washington counties. Eleven of these structures are on Interstate 79; seven others are on secondary roads within the counties and include Routes 218 and 2012 (Bobtown Hill Road, Dunkard Township in Greene) as well as Routes 18, 19, 136, 1002, and 1037 (Latimer Avenue in North Strabane Township) in Washington County. Several of the structures in both counties also receive more extensive repairs to the bridge decks and parapets.

Motorists should anticipate reduced speed limits and single-lane restrictions through the work zones.

PennDOT asks motorists to exercise extreme caution when traveling through the work zones.

Heavy equipment and laborers on foot will be moving in and around these areas. The $808,219 contract was awarded to Thornbury Inc. of West Sunbury.

Update: The contractor is currently working on the secondary bridges in Washington County. Beginning the week beginning Monday, they will switch to night shift to complete repairs on the I-79 bridges within the county, which will likely require several weeks of work.

There will be short, single-lane restrictions at the bridges under repair and the operations will require workers to be on foot, at times close to the live traffic lane.

In other expansion dam work, the replacement and maintenance of bridge expansion joints and other miscellaneous construction will be performed on Route 21 in German Township and on Interstate 70 at the Smithton High-Level Bridge.

The contractor on this $995,000 project is Bill Anskis Co.Inc.

The tentative completion is late October.