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Started by rickmastfan67, November 30, 2011, 10:27:15 PM

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74/171FAN

#250
February 11, 2022, 12:22:56 PM  
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74/171FAN

#251
February 17, 2022, 03:34:57 PM  
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74/171FAN

#252
February 18, 2022, 07:44:21 AM  
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Bitmapped

#253
February 18, 2022, 12:12:54 PM  
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 18, 2022, 07:44:21 AM
(Also for PA 201) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Updated Virtual Plans Display for Route 3007 (Fayette Street) over Interstate 70 Bridge Replacement Project in Westmoreland County

I'm surprised they are just raising the existing PA 201 bridge rather than replacing it. It's an original through girder structure. Maybe this is a temporary project until they do a larger rehab in this section?

74/171FAN

#254
February 18, 2022, 12:29:29 PM  
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#255
February 18, 2022, 06:54:19 PM  
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davewiecking

#256
February 18, 2022, 08:31:00 PM  
Quote from: Bitmapped on February 18, 2022, 12:12:54 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 18, 2022, 07:44:21 AM
(Also for PA 201) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Updated Virtual Plans Display for Route 3007 (Fayette Street) over Interstate 70 Bridge Replacement Project in Westmoreland County

I'm surprised they are just raising the existing PA 201 bridge rather than replacing it. It's an original through girder structure. Maybe this is a temporary project until they do a larger rehab in this section?

Bridge has a fresh coat of paint, so I imagine PennDOT has a good idea of its condition. Main span support at 4 discrete points, so I imagine it'll be pretty simple to "slip in some shims"  so to speak. If they rebuilt the whole thing, they'd probably have to widen the shoulders and reconfigure the ramps. And figure out how to access the handful of properties along Greenhill Rd.

Gnutella

#258
February 27, 2022, 06:12:45 AM  
I've looked at some of the reconstructed segments of I-70 south of Pittsburgh, and they're a major upgrade from what the highway used to be.

mvak36

#259
February 28, 2022, 10:26:20 AM  
Quote from: Gnutella on February 27, 2022, 06:12:45 AM
I've looked at some of the reconstructed segments of I-70 south of Pittsburgh, and they're a major upgrade from what the highway used to be.

Yeah. They've made a lot of changes these last 10 years. One thing I noticed was they fixed those short ramp merges on the interchanges.

Here's the PennDOT site for those projects: https://www.i-70projects.com/
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Mr_Northside

#260
February 28, 2022, 04:32:27 PM  
Clearly the major priority of where the money has gone has been to ramp/interchange reconstructions and improvements. (Still quite a few left to do)

I also agree the completed portions, while still in a pretty narrow footprint, are a major upgrade.
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Roadsguy

#261
February 28, 2022, 06:07:25 PM  
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 28, 2022, 04:32:27 PM
Clearly the major priority of where the money has gone has been to ramp/interchange reconstructions and improvements. (Still quite a few left to do)

I also agree the completed portions, while still in a pretty narrow footprint, are a major upgrade.

Yes, I've been on some of them, and while it would have been better if they had widened it to six lanes with full shoulders, it's still much better than the untouched sections. The narrow inside shoulder is about as wide as the unreconstructed Turnpike sections, and all the overpasses are being built long enough (and even some mainline bridges wide enough) to allow for a third lane. I wonder if there were right-of-way constraints that made them choose between a wider inside shoulder or a future third lane?
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74/171FAN

#262
March 01, 2022, 04:19:12 PM  
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74/171FAN

#263
March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM  
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency

I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
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74/171FAN

#264
March 04, 2022, 01:43:54 PM   Last Edit: March 04, 2022, 03:07:15 PM by 74/171FAN
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MASTERNC

#265
March 05, 2022, 03:45:35 PM  
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency

I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.

Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.

74/171FAN

#266
March 09, 2022, 03:38:30 PM  
Quote from: MASTERNC on March 05, 2022, 03:45:35 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency

I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.

Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.

(For I-70)  PennDOT - District 12 News:  SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs
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#267
March 10, 2022, 02:33:05 PM  
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#268
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March 23, 2022, 10:02:44 AM  
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March 24, 2022, 05:02:11 PM  
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