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PennDOT Elk County Maintenance Work Schedule for the Week of July 6

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in Elk County the week of July 6. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in Elk County for the coming week is as follows:


Bridge Maintenance & Cleaning


Route 948 at the Rear Admiral Paul H. Speer Bridge in Ridgway Borough. Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours and may deploy a pilot vehicle. When encountering a pilot vehicle with a “Pilot Car Follow Me” sign mounted on the rear and a revolving yellow light, drivers must remain behind it until it has left the roadway. Do not pass.

Route 1009 (East Center Street) at a bridge spanning the West Branch of the Clarion River in Johnsonburg Borough. Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10.


Pennsylvania has some of the oldest bridges in the country, with an with an average age of more than 50 years. Preventive maintenance is vital in extending the life of the structures. As such, PennDOT maintenance crews perform some bridge deck patching and structural repairs.


Line Painting


Route 120 between Route 255 and John Street the City of St. Marys. Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours and may deploy a pilot vehicle. When encountering a pilot vehicle with a “Pilot Car Follow Me” sign mounted on the rear and a revolving yellow light, drivers must remain behind it until it has left the roadway. Do not pass.

Route 219 between Brockport and Ridgway. Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours and may deploy a pilot vehicle. When encountering a pilot vehicle with a “Pilot Car Follow Me” sign mounted on the rear and a revolving yellow light, drivers must remain behind it until it has left the roadway. Do not pass.


Each year, PennDOT line painting crews apply more than 1.6 million gallons of yellow and white waterborne traffic line paint to highways to help guide motorists. PennDOT paint crews focus on road and highway dividing lines but also paint railroad crossing markings, arrow directional markings, and legends such as STOP markings. Beads made of recycled glass are simultaneously applied to the wet paint, making the markings visible at night to motorists because these glass beads are retroreflective.


Pipe Replacement & Cleaning


Route 555 starting at a bridge spanning Trout Run and continuing eastbound approximately eight miles to the Cameron-Elk County line in Benezette Township. Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours and may deploy a pilot vehicle. When encountering a pilot vehicle with a “Pilot Car Follow Me” sign mounted on the rear and a revolving yellow light, drivers must remain behind it until it has left the roadway. Do not pass.

Pipe replacement and cleaning are essential in maintaining water flow around state roadways. Controlling water flow is one of the most important aspects of maintaining pavements. Uncontrolled water flow will damage both the pavement surface and the area under the pavement, which causes deterioration across the length of the pipe.


This schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions, emergencies, or other unforeseen interruptions.



Customers can report road concerns by calling 1-800-FIX-ROAD. If you call after hours, please leave a name and phone number.





Drivers 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 1,200 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.



Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.pa.gov/DOTprojects.


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