PennDOT to Install
Cable Median Barrier along I-81, U.S. 15, Rt. 283
Expect left shoulder closures for
daytime operations through early fall.
Harrisburg,
PA – The Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today began a safety improvement project
to install high-tension cable median barrier along seven sections of highway in
south central Pennsylvania. The purpose of the cable barrier is to help prevent
errant vehicles from completely crossing the median area and colliding with
vehicles travelling in the opposite direction.
Work will
begin along the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 in the Shippensburg area as
crews prepare to install the concrete foundations and steel posts, and then to
attach the high-tension cable. Similar operations will follow along sections of
I-81 in Dauphin and Lebanon counties, U.S. 15 in Adams County, and Route 283 in
Dauphin and Lancaster counties.
The
$3,235,132.50 contract was awarded on June 29 to Morgan Rail, Inc., of Temple,
Berks County, to install more than 181,000 linear feet of high-tension cable
median barrier along seven sections of highway:
· I-81
in Cumberland County from just east of U.S. 11 in Shippensburg to just north of
Exit 37 for Newville and Route 233; and from Exit 61 for Route 944, Wertzville
Road, to just south of Exit 65 for Marysville/Enola and U.S. 11/15,
· I-81 in Dauphin County from just north
of Exit 72 for Paxtonia/Linglestown and North Mountain Road to just south of
Exit 80 for Grantville/Hershey and Route 743,
· I-81 in Lebanon County from just north
of Homestead Road to just south of the Exit 89 interchange with I-78,
· U.S. 15 in Adams County from just
north of the Pennsylvania-Maryland state line to just north of Route 116,
· Route 283 in Dauphin County from just
east of Toll House Road to just west of Mill Road,
· Route 283 in Lancaster County from
just east of Clover Leaf Road to just west of Route 772, Mount Joy Road.
Motorists are
advised that they may encounter left shoulder restrictions Monday through
Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM through early fall. Crews will break over
the winter and resume work in the spring. Work is expected to be completed by
August 2019.
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