PennDOT announced planned bridge work on Interstate 81 over the George N. Wade Memorial Bridge, scheduled to start Sept. 9. Crews will be doing a routine inspection of the bridge between Dauphin and Cumberland counties. Inspection crews will start in the northbound lanes on Sept. 9 and run through Sept. 13, PennDOT said. the right northbound lane of 81 on the bridge will be closed on Sunday from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. The lane closure will restrict traffic to two lanes. Monday through Thursday, the right lane will be closed from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., PennDOT said. The following week, the inspection team will begin on southbound lanes working by closing the right southbound from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. That Monday through Thursday, Sept. 20, the right southbound lane will be closed from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. PennDOT asks motorists to be alert to the inspection work and obey the work zone signs. Slow down when approaching and driving through the work area, for the safety of … [Read more...] about George N. Wade Bridge work to affect Interstate 81 traffic over next two weeks
Interstate 81 traffic
Overturned tractor-trailer slowing I-81 traffic
Update: Crash cleared. An overturned tractor-trailer in slowing northbound traffic on Interstate 81. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the crash occurred around 3:13 p.m. today near Carlisle at Exit 45 to College Street. Traffic cams show a tractor-trailer overturned in the median. There is a lane restriction. Northbound traffic is backing up. … [Read more...] about Overturned tractor-trailer slowing I-81 traffic
Multi-vehicle crash causes backlog on Interstate 81 north in Carlisle
As of 12:05 p.m., the highway was reopened. Some traffic backlogged remained on the highway and in downtown Carlisle.Posted earlier on Cumberlink:A multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 north closed a lane and is causing a backlog on the highway, as of 11:26 a.m.The crash occurred a little after 11 a.m. near the Hanover Street exit in Carlisle.As of 11:26 a.m., traffic was backlogged on I-81 north to the Dickinson Township area.Traffic was also backlogged in downtown Carlisle - on Ritner Highway near the Allen Road interchange, and on West High Street and South Hanover Street as vehicles travel back to the Hanover Street exit to get back onto the interstate.No other information was available about the crash.The same general area was the scene of a Friday crash that closed I-81 north. In that crash, a man changing a tire was struck and injured by a water tank truck, whose driver swerved to avoid slowing traffic, according to police. … [Read more...] about Multi-vehicle crash causes backlog on Interstate 81 north in Carlisle
Best Interstate 81 option: A grid for everyone (Commentary)
Lawrence C. Davis, a registered architect, is undergraduate chair and associate professor of architecture at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. By Lawrence C. Davis | Special to Syracuse.com Interstate 81 in downtown Syracuse is now over a decade old. This debate was the topic of a March 22 Syracuse University Symposium organized by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the School of Architecture. As most know, there are three options for a new I-81: rebuild the viaduct (albeit a bit wider and safer), replace it with the on-grade "grid" or build a tunnel under the new urban grid to keep traffic flowing through downtown. The battle lines are predictable in this debate. People in the city want to reconnect neighborhoods severed by the existing viaduct, so they argue to take it down. People who commute from the suburbs want to maximize convenience and want to keep it up. There is a compromise -- to build a tunnel -- but it is vastly more expensive to … [Read more...] about Best Interstate 81 option: A grid for everyone (Commentary)
Construction at Exit 150 on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County expected to create major delays
The Virginia Department of Transportation said drivers using U.S. 220 south in Botetourt County should be prepared for major delays beginning next week because of work on the Interstate 81 Exit 150 project.Work has been underway to reconstruct the eastern section of the interchange at the intersections of U.S. 11 and U.S. 220/220 Alternate at Exit 150A just south of Daleville. Drivers using exit 150A and southbound U.S. 220 can expect the following changes:n Beginning March 4 at 8 p.m., for the next two weeks, the right through lane on U.S. 220 south approaching U.S. 11 will be closed for barrier wall installation and continued work at Exit 150A.n On March 4, from about midnight to 5 a.m., Exit 150A on I-81 north will be closed. A right lane closure will also be in place on I-81 north from mile marker 149.7 to 150.2 leading up to Exit 150A from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.n On March 5 at 5 a.m., the right lane of Exit 150A will open in its final configuration. From I-81, traffic using Exit 150A … [Read more...] about Construction at Exit 150 on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County expected to create major delays