Infrastructure Investments Coming To Cameron, Elk And Several Other Counties

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll highlighted the accomplishments of the 2025 construction season, including $107 million in infrastructure investments in Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin, and Potter counties. Secretary Carroll also highlighted PennDOT’s progress on the High-Speed Interchange project on Interstate 80.

Cameron County

Route 120 highway restoration project improving 12.8 miles, $700,000.

Elk County

Route 219 highway restoration project impacting 5.5 miles between Johnsonburg and Wilcox, $2.8 million.

Route 1005 (Theresia Street) bridge replacement project impacting a structure spanning a tributary of Elk Creek in the City of St. Marys, $1.4 million.

“Maintaining our infrastructure and keeping Pennsylvanians connected to goods, services, and their communities through a safe and efficient transportation network is the mission of this agency, and it requires commitment to achieve,” said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “The Shapiro Administration continues to demonstrate its commitment with its investment of over $100 million in these nine counties and its commitment to driving economic growth in rural communities.”

PennDOT has been hard at work improving Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges throughout the year, improving more than 5,700 miles of road, including nearly 1,800 miles of paving, and beginning work to repair, replace, or preserve 396 bridges from January through November of this year.

Overall highlights in the 2025 construction season for District 2 include:

55 new construction projects started in 2025.

28 projects carried over from 2024.

Approximately 466 miles of paving and roadway maintenance.

37 bridges rehabilitated or replaced.

“Delivering projects that improve quality of life for our constituents isn’t possible without these sorts of investments,” said District 2 Executive Thomas Prestash. “They also aren’t possible without the cooperation of our motoring public, and we want to thank them for their patience while dealing with the short-term inconvenience and traffic impacts associated with this work. Our promise is that the long-term benefits will ultimately outweigh those inconveniences.

The high-speed interchange is one phase of a three-phase project. The first involved the construction of the local access interchange at mile marker 163, which provided direct access between Route 26 and I-80 for local traffic. Construction on that phase took place over three construction seasons between 2020 and 2022. The contract value was $52 million. That phase benefited from a $35 million federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant.

The Jacksonville Road Betterment project, which will reconstruct and widen Route 26 between the high-speed and local interchanges, is the other phase. Construction is ongoing and features 11-foot travel lanes and 4-foot shoulders. Work on that phase will carry over into the 2026 construction season.

Other notable projects that began or continued this year by county include: