Pennsylvania

[CentralPAGal]

http://abc27.com/2015/10/16/penndot-reopens-part-of-norman-wood-bridge/

The PA 372 bridge was partially reopened a few days ago. One lane, alternating direction.

[ARMOURERERIC]

OK, so I will again ask the question I ask here on occasion:  With the end of the construction season lets have some feedback on the success and failures of "Decade of investment"

[CentralPAGal]

A 4 mile portion of US 30 eastbound is closed between York and Lancaster after an oversize truck hit a bridge beam. It's expected to be closed until Friday.
http://www.wgal.com/news/portion-of-route-30-closed/36492250

[ixnay]

A 4 mile portion of US 30 eastbound is closed between York and Lancaster after an oversize truck hit a bridge beam. It's expected to be closed until Friday.
http://www.wgal.com/news/portion-of-route-30-closed/36492250

http://www.wgal.com/news/portion-of-route-30-closed/36492250 now says it's reopened...

ixnay

[Mergingtraffic]

Good to see these signs at PA-309 and US-22 still there....at least at the time the GSV car went through. 
I thought for sure when I shot them last year they'd be gone by now.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6000258,-75.5593652,3a,75y,70.74h,71.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX7QaiuS_-k23OtlR7tCreg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[Roadsguy]

Only the ones EB remain, the WB ones have been replaced with signs of the same size, though not text-only, instead with small shields. You can see the new ones in the same Street View.

[CanesFan27]

Great resource of aerial photos of Pennsylvania from 1930s to late 1960s:

http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/

[ixnay]

Great resource of aerial photos of Pennsylvania from 1930s to late 1960s:

http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/

The 1971 aerial of Chester, PA show the ferryboats plying across from the foot of Flower Street (U.S. 322) to Bridgeport, NJ before 322 resumes its trek to Atlantic City, while the ferry's replacement, the Commodore Barry Bridge, is under construction.  The hospital where I was born is in that aerial too (too bad there aren't street and landmark labels, though to be fair, the lack of same alleviates the clutter). Growing up in Chester and Boothwyn, I rode that ferry a few times on the way to the Jersey Shore, NYC, and even on an elementary school field trip.  I was 12 and a half when the CBB opened, and my dad and I drove across it the day after.  Seeing that aerial brings back memories.  Thanks, CanesFan, and RIP Dad and Chester-Bridgeport Ferry.

ixnay

[CentralPAGal]

http://abc27.com/2015/12/17/penndot-opens-new-route-411-bypass-around-columbia/

The PA 441 (not 411 as the article says) bypass around Columbia, Lancaster County is now open.

[froggie]

The town's website has a project page that includes construction photos and maps of the alternatives considered (Alt 4A is what they went with).

[CentralPAGal]

In a near repeat of the US 30 incident in York County about a month ago, yet another oversize load truck has damaged an overpass on a highway. This time, its along US 222 northbound at Landis Valley Rd, north of Lancaster. US 222 is back open, but the bridge is still closed. There must be something in the water around here...

http://www.wgal.com/news/truck-smashes-into-bridge-shuts-down-route-222/37034334

[noelbotevera]

In a near repeat of the US 30 incident in York County about a month ago, yet another oversize load truck has damaged an overpass on a highway. This time, its along US 222 northbound at Landis Valley Rd, north of Lancaster. US 222 is back open, but the bridge is still closed. There must be something in the water around here...

http://www.wgal.com/news/truck-smashes-into-bridge-shuts-down-route-222/37034334

The overpasses are outdated. Most of them are under 14 feet (somewhere around 12-13 feet to be exact), because PennDOT won't raise them. I know  this from personal experience.

[jemacedo9]

In a near repeat of the US 30 incident in York County about a month ago, yet another oversize load truck has damaged an overpass on a highway. This time, its along US 222 northbound at Landis Valley Rd, north of Lancaster. US 222 is back open, but the bridge is still closed. There must be something in the water around here...

http://www.wgal.com/news/truck-smashes-into-bridge-shuts-down-route-222/37034334

The overpasses are outdated. Most of them are under 14 feet (somewhere around 11-12 feet to be exact), because PennDOT won't raise them. I know  this from personal experience.

The ones on US 30 and US 222 FREEWAYS are not 11-12 feet...though many of them are under 14' 5", and PennDOT is generally pretty good about signing anything 14' 5"and under on freeways.  The ones mentioned in the article are on freeways.

[noelbotevera]

In a near repeat of the US 30 incident in York County about a month ago, yet another oversize load truck has damaged an overpass on a highway. This time, its along US 222 northbound at Landis Valley Rd, north of Lancaster. US 222 is back open, but the bridge is still closed. There must be something in the water around here...

http://www.wgal.com/news/truck-smashes-into-bridge-shuts-down-route-222/37034334

The overpasses are outdated. Most of them are under 14 feet (somewhere around 11-12 feet to be exact), because PennDOT won't raise them. I know  this from personal experience.

The ones on US 30 and US 222 FREEWAYS are not 11-12 feet...though many of them are under 14' 5", and PennDOT is generally pretty good about signing anything 14' 5"and under on freeways.  The ones mentioned in the article are on freeways.

My mistake. Meant to type 12-13.

[CentralPAGal]

In a near repeat of the US 30 incident in York County about a month ago, yet another oversize load truck has damaged an overpass on a highway. This time, its along US 222 northbound at Landis Valley Rd, north of Lancaster. US 222 is back open, but the bridge is still closed. There must be something in the water around here...

http://www.wgal.com/news/truck-smashes-into-bridge-shuts-down-route-222/37034334

The overpasses are outdated. Most of them are under 14 feet (somewhere around 11-12 feet to be exact), because PennDOT won't raise them. I know  this from personal experience.

The ones on US 30 and US 222 FREEWAYS are not 11-12 feet...though many of them are under 14' 5", and PennDOT is generally pretty good about signing anything 14' 5"and under on freeways.  The ones mentioned in the article are on freeways.

My mistake. Meant to type 12-13.

Apparently, the bridge in question was 14' 5"

[Buffaboy]

Why is I-90 built narrower in rural parts of PA than it is in rural parts of NY?

[noelbotevera]

Why is I-90 built narrower in rural parts of PA than it is in rural parts of NY?

All I-90 serves in PA is just the boonies of Erie....no need for any additional lanes. I-90's AADT in Erie County is 21,460 as of 2010.

[thenetwork]

Why is I-90 built narrower in rural parts of PA than it is in rural parts of NY?

All I-90 serves in PA is just the boonies of Erie....

Fixed!   

[cpzilliacus]

Baltimore Sun: 3 dead, scores hospitalized after Pennsylvania pileup involving 50 vehicles

A pileup involving dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania interstate that killed three people and sent scores to hospitals appears to have been related to a passing snow squall, authorities said Saturday.

Trooper Justin Summa said three fatalities had been confirmed and an unknown number of critically injured patients were flown to hospitals. Seventy more were transported by ambulance to other facilities following the crash in Interstate 78 in Fredericksburg.

State police said more than 50 vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened around 9:45 a.m. The pileup left tractor-trailers, box trucks and cars tangled together across three traffic lanes and into the snow-covered median about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

[74/171FAN]

Baltimore Sun: 3 dead, scores hospitalized after Pennsylvania pileup involving 50 vehicles

A pileup involving dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania interstate that killed three people and sent scores to hospitals appears to have been related to a passing snow squall, authorities said Saturday.

Trooper Justin Summa said three fatalities had been confirmed and an unknown number of critically injured patients were flown to hospitals. Seventy more were transported by ambulance to other facilities following the crash in Interstate 78 in Fredericksburg.

State police said more than 50 vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened around 9:45 a.m. The pileup left tractor-trailers, box trucks and cars tangled together across three traffic lanes and into the snow-covered median about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

I am linking the PennLive update on this.  This incident and the fatal crash on PA 641 at Locust Point Road west of Mechanicsburg on Tuesday involving a school bus and knocking down power lines has made it a long, sad week up here.

[cpzilliacus]

I am linking the PennLive update on this.  This incident and the fatal crash on PA 641 at Locust Point Road west of Mechanicsburg on Tuesday involving a school bus and knocking down power lines has made it a long, sad week up here.

Agreed. That school bus crash was bad enough.

I-78 seems to have earned a lot of notoriety of late for bad crashes, and the high percentage of truck traffic (at least some of the trucks presumably shunpiking the Pennsylvania Turnpike and its high tolls) does not make matters better.

Though IMO there are Interstates in Pennsylvania that are much more of a challenge to drive when compared to I-78 - most of "free" I-70 and nearly all of I-83 in Pennsylvania are in that category.

[froggie]

It's not just the traffic.  As I've been arguing with someone on Facebook, the topography and climate of Pennsylvania lend themselves well to snow squalls.

[ixnay]

The fact that I-78 is virtually a tangent from the I-81 junction to the U.S. 22 split near Allentown doesn't help either IMO (causes highway hypnosis).  I'm lucky to have never been in a I-78 mishap or inconvenienced by one.

ixnay

[roadman65]

http://fox43.com/2016/02/13/update-3-people-dead-along-interstate-78-pileup-in-lebanon-county/

I take we are talking about this here.

[noelbotevera]

http://fox43.com/2016/02/13/update-3-people-dead-along-interstate-78-pileup-in-lebanon-county/

I take we are talking about this here.

Yep. I've been on I-78 every time we have go to NYC, there's always some bad incident that causes a ripple effect. ixnay on the other hand, is very lucky compared to me.