PennDOT Releases District 9 Construction Season Results

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the many highway improvements that took place across PennDOT District 9 during the 2021 construction season, in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset counties.

Overall highlights in the 2021 construction season for District 9 (Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset counties) included:

• approximately 92 miles of paving;

• approximately 41 bridges were repaired or replaced; and

• approximately 378 miles of roadway were seal coated.

District Executive Thomas Prestash said, “This year District 9 saw over $98 million worth of construction projects on area roadways.”

Notable projects that have been completed this year include:

• Route 1001, Route 4004 (Goods Lane) to Route 764 resurfacing, Blair County, $6.2 million;

• Route 219 Carrolltown improvements, Cambria County, $6 million;

• Route 403, Somerset County line to Route 56 resurfacing, Cambria County, $4.2 million;

• Route 2047, Brotherton Road to Berlin/Somerset interchange, Somerset County, $10 million;

• Bridge preservations over PA Turnpike, Bedford/Somerset counties, $6.3 million;

• U.S. 22/North Juniata Street intersection realignment and bridge rehabilitation, Blair County, $3.2 million;

• Route 56, Scalp Avenue resurfacing from U.S. 219 to Kleban Drive, Cambria County, $2.2 million;

• Route 22, Mifflin County line to Route 1010 resurfacing, Huntingdon County, $7 million;

• Route 26, Jackson Corner slide repair, Huntingdon County, $1.8 million;

• Route 219, Meyersdale bypass resurfacing, Somerset County, $7.5 million;

• Route 219, McNally Bridge preservation, Somerset County, $2.2 million; and

• Route 22, U.S. 22 interchanges concrete rehabilitation, Cambria County, $7.4 million.

Notable projects that will continue next year are:

• Route 3016, Lulay Street to Demuth Street corridor safety improvement, Cambria County, $7.7 million;

• I-99 Turnpike to Sproul/Claysburg resurfacing, Bedford/Blair counties, $9.3 million;

• I-70, Breezewood to Fulton County line resurfacing, Bedford County, $19.2 million;

• Route 3011, Franklin Street improvements, Cambria County, $1.3 million; and

• Route 160, Route 756 intersection realignment, Cambria County, $1.8 million.

Information about infrastructure in District 9, including completed work and significant projects, is available at http://www.penndot.gov/D9Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at http://www.projects.penndot.gov.