ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS WILL AFFECT MORE MOTORISTS THIS WEEK

It was a quiet Saturday for Indiana County’s first responders. Indiana firefighters were dispatched for a physical rescue on Quincy Circle in White Township shortly before noon, and then just before midnight, they were sent to a brush fire along Campbell Lane, also in White Township.

Road and bridge resurfacing continues this week on the Twolick Dip on South 6^th Street in White Township, with the work scheduled to wrap up by the end of the month, which is next Sunday. The project covers Route 954 from Risinger Road to Lower Twolick Drive, with multiple lane shifts and single-lane traffic controlled by temporary signals.

That project is one of several in White Township right now. Ferrier Run Road will be closed tomorrow from 8 Am until around 1 PM for cross pipe repair. The work area is about 300 feet from the Metz Road intersection.

The township reports that the traffic signal contractor has completed the new sidewalks and curbs and has activated the pedestrian-controlled crossing signals at the Ben Franklin Road South/Warren Road/Indian Springs Road intersection. Crosswalk lines and markings are the next step.

Later this week PennDOT will be resurfacing a portion of Richmond Road near Rochester Mills in Grant Township. The project will be on the Army SPC Christine L. Mays Bridge, which will close on Friday and remain out of service through Monday, with the possibility that the work will continue into next week with daytime traffic control by flaggers. The detour will use East Creek Road, Smithport Road, Logan Road, Gipsy Road, and Nashville Road. It’s a $493,561 project scheduled for completion in September.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

A circuitous detour will take effect tomorrow in Westmoreland County as a bridge project gets underway on Route 711 in the vicinity of the former Laurel Valley High School south of New Florence. The detour will begin on the south side of the project in Fairfield Township where Creek Road joins 711 at the Mirror Lake campground. On the north side, it will begin at 711 and Clark Hollow Road in Saint Clair Township.

There are a number of options on both sides of the cutoff, depending on where you are headed. Drivers will be routed through New Florence, Seward, Robinson, and Bolivar using various roads, including Mulligan Hill, the “Seward Stretch” (Route 711), and Route 259. Truck traffic coming out of Ligonier will be diverted onto Route 271 toward Johnstown.

PENNDOT’S RELEASE DETAILING DETOUR ROUTES ON ROUTE 711

Route 711 Ligonier Street Bridge Replacement Begins Monday in Westmoreland County

06/18/2024

Uniontown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 is announcing that Route 711 (Ligonier Street) is scheduled to close Monday, June 24, between Route 1006 (Creek Road) in Fairfield Township and Clark Hollow Road in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County.

Crews from C.H. & D. Enterprises will be replacing the bridge that carries Ligonier Street over a tributary of Tubmill Creek with a pre-cast concrete box culvert and minor approach work. It is a $2.5M infrastructure investment.

The closure is anticipated through early July depending on weather and operations.

Posted detours will be in place.

Passenger vehicles:

Northbound Route 711 (Market Street Extension):

- - Turn right onto Route 1004 (Thatcher Road).
  - Turn left onto Route 1007 (Ross Mountain Park Road).
  - Turn right onto Route 711 North (Ligonier Street).

Southbound Route 711 (13th Street):

- - Turn right onto Route 1001 (Ligonier Street), Route 2009, Route 2008 (Climax Street).
  - Stay straight onto Route 2011 (Mulligan Hill Road).
  - Turn left onto Route 259 (Robinson Road/Street, High Street, Lincoln Avenue, Main Street).
  - Turn left onto Route 1006 (Creek Road).
  - Turn right onto Route 711 South (Ligonier Street).

Trucks:

Northbound Route 711 (Market Street):

- - Veer right onto Route 271 (Menoher Highway/Boulevard, Haynes Street).
  - Turn left onto Route 403 (Napoleon Street).
  - Turn right onto Route 56 (Johnstown Extension, Roosevelt Boulevard, Broad Street).
  - Turn left onto Route 56 (Fairfield Avenue, Strayer Street, Haws Pike, Keystone Road).
  - Turn right onto Route 711 North (Charles Road).

Southbound Route 711 (Second Street):

- - Take Route 56 (Keystone Road, Haws Pike, Strayer Street, Fairfield Avenue).
  - Turn right onto Route 56 (Broad Street, Roosevelt Boulevard, Johnstown Extension).
  - Turn left onto Route 403 (Napoleon Street).
  - Turn right onto Route 271 (Haynes Street, Menoher Boulevard/Highway).
  - Turn left onto Route 711 South (Market Street Extension).