Politics & Government
Local PennDOT Project Causes Road Closure
Lively Road will be closed for three months, a department spokeswoman said.
As part of a multi-million construction project, the state Department of Transportation has closed Lively Road in Somerset Township.
The road closure began Monday and is expected to stay closed for about three months, a PennDOT spokeswoman said.
A marked detour will be in place that uses state Route 519, state Route 136, Brownlee Road, and back to Lively Road.
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This project is for the reconstruction of a new diamond interchange in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania. It consists of relocating Lively Road and Donley Road to accommodate new on and off ramps.
Work includes temporary road widening that will occur from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Mondays through Fridays.
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The project will tentatively be complete in June 2013, the spokeswoman said.
The contractor on this $26.4 million project is Golden Triangle. There is a lane shift in place (with no truck traffic permitted in right lanes through the work zone).
The shoulder is closed in both directions.
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