Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised that a portion of Route 4037 (Old Royd Road) in Columbia Township, Bradford County, will be closed during daylight hours beginning next week.

On Wednesday, August 5, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew will close Old Royd Road between the intersections with Pine Hollow Road and Sopertown Road, while they replace a deteriorating pipe. 

A detour using Routes 4016 and 4033 in Columbia Township Bradford County and Route 1012 in Rutland Township, Tioga County will be in place while the work is being performed.  The detour will be daytime only.

Work is expected to be completed on Friday, August 7, weather permitting.

Motorists should be alert and expect delays in travel.

Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, and relevant training.

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Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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 1,000 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 PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAStateColl / www.twitter.com/511PANortheast  and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Baker, 570-368-4202, or at magbaker@pa.gov. 

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