PennDOT’s Interchange Project Starting Soon

May 6, 2024
The transportation department is investing over $1.3 billion in infrastructure projects

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will begin a project to reconstruct Route 309’s Tilighman Street interchange this year.

The project will have a price tag of $90-$95 million and is on top of a long list of projects that are scheduled to start this year in the Lehigh Valley. On Wednesday, PennDOT officials highlighted this and other key projects at a news conference in Frackville, Schuylkill County.

“The department anticipates investing more than $1.3 billion this year in the region’s infrastructure,” PennDOT said in a news release issued after the news conference. “There are 78 projects anticipated to start during the 2024 construction season with an estimated value of over $375 million, and 105 projects with a contract value of over $1 billion are currently active.”

Preliminary work began on the Route 309/Tilighman Street interchange project last year.

PennDOT anticipates investing more than $1.3 billion this year in the region’s infrastructure. There are 78 projects anticipated to start during the 2024 construction season with an estimated value of more than $375 million. Another 105 projects with a contract value of more than $1 billion are currently active.

Notable projects that will continue this year include:

  • Intersection and roadway improvements on Race Street in Catasauqua, $10.2 million.
  • Traffic signal improvements on Route 145/MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township, $5.8 million.
  • Milling and paving Route 145 in North Whitehall Township, $4.8 million.
  • Traffic signal improvements on Route 29 in Salisbury Township, $3.3 million.

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Source: Allentown Morning Call, Lehigh Valley Live

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