Road Work Set For Today Along Newry Lane

PennDOT has announced that the Blair County Maintenance crew will close Route 2012 (Newry Lane) at the intersection of Cedarcrest Drive for one day today, Thursday, March 21, in Blair Township, Blair County.

Today the crew will close the roadway beginning at 7 a.m. to replace a failed cross pipe in the roadway. Work is expected to be completed that day and the detour lifted by 5 p.m.

This detour will utilize the red arrow detour which consists of Forsht Drive, Route 22 and Newry Lane.

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