Detour Coming for Box Culvert Work in McKean County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that work to replace a box culvert in McKean County will begin Monday, July 18. The bridge spans Tram Hollow Run on State Route 346 in Duke Center. Replacing the box will improve its condition from poor to good. This bridge is 40-feet long, dates from 1924 and carries an average of more than 1,000 vehicles daily.
Beginning July 18, the bridge will be closed, and a detour will be in place. The official detour will direct drivers to use Route 246 (Looker Mountain Trail), Route 646 (Summit Road), and Route 346 (Derrick Road). The detour will be in place throughout the project. During the week of July 18, work will be focused on roadway cutting, site clean-up and brushing, setting up erosion and sedimentation controls, and placement of a crane pad. Site excavation work will begin July 25.
This is a partnership project between McKean County PennDOT Maintenance and the L.C. Whitford Company, Inc of Wellsville, New York. PennDOT will do preliminary work, remove the existing structure, perform excavation, place back-fill after the new box culvert is in place, and cleanup. The contractor will set the new box culvert and perform roadway paving. PennDOT expects project completion no later than August 5. All work is weather and schedule dependent.
PennDOT reminds drivers to use caution in work zones, follow official detour signs, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up.
Motorists are encouraged to "Know Before They Go" by checking 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.
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