Work to Begin on PA 145 Paving Project in Lehigh County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 5 announced today a project to improve PA 145 between US 22 and PA 329 in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County will begin on Monday, September 27.
Work on the project includes roadway milling, patching, paving, crack-seal, guide rail updates, Americans with Disabilities Act curb ramps and pavement markings.
Motorists should expect to see various traffic lane restrictions on this section of PA 145 during the project and can visit www.511PA.com to check for traffic delay information. Updates will be provided for specific restrictions and whenever traffic patterns change.
Kriger Construction, Inc. of Scranton, Pa., is the general contractor on the $6,125,586 project that is anticipated to be complete in September 2022.
This section of PA 145 has an average daily traffic volume that varies between 24,932 vehicles near US 22 and 20,466 vehicles near PA 329.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties at www.penndot.govDistrict5.
Information about infrastructure in District 5, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D5Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov. Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PensylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot. MEDIA CONTACT: Ronald J. Young, Jr., M.P.A., 610-871-4555, ronyoung@pa.gov; Sean A. Brown, 610-871-4556, sebrown@pa.gov.
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