Delays possible on Convention Center Blvd.

There will be lane restrictions and short delays on Convention Center Boulevard in Allegheny Township, Blair County, beginning Monday, May 4, for the start of a bridge rehabilitation project.

The contractor will be implementing long-term lane closures with traffic restricted to one lane in each direction. Drivers can expect short delays of three to five minutes under traffic control through flagging operations.

RAM Construction Services of Michigan Inc., Linovia, Michigan, is the lead contractor for the $134,126 project to rehabilitate the bridge over Brush Run.

Work will include bridge deck repairs and epoxy overlay treatment and new pavement markings.

The project is expected to be completed in July.

Pavement markers being replaced

Lane restrictions and short delays will be experienced on multiple routes in Blair, Bedford and Fulton counties for a recessed pavement marker replacement project through Friday, May 8.

Contractors will be replacing recessed pavement markers on I-99 in Blair County, Route 220 and Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) in Bedford County, and on Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) and I-70 in Fulton County.

Work will be done under flagging operations with single-lane restrictions and intermittent and rolling delays.

Penn Line Service Inc., Scottdale, is the lead contractor for the $348,994 RPM Installation in Southern Alleghenies project in each of District 9’s six counties — Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Fulton and Huntingdon. The work is scheduled to be completed in August.

I-80 lane closure planned for Monday

The contractor for PennDOT’s High-Speed Interchange project between Interstates 80 and 99 will implement a single-lane closure on I-80 westbound between mile markers 163 and 161 on Monday.

This closure is planned between the hours of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, to allow the contractor to resurface the highway and reconstruct the shoulder area for future traffic phasing.

Work on this contract includes building the interchange, 10 bridges, four retaining walls, five box culverts, seven sign structures and three changeable message boards. It also includes constructing new and rebuilding existing roadways and ramps, drainage improvements, installing Intelligent Transportation System devices, guide rail and highway lighting, pavement marking, stream improvements and miscellaneous construction.

Work will continue through the next five construction seasons, ending in 2030.

Trumbull Corp. of Pittsburgh is the contractor on this $259 million project.

The high-speed interchange is one phase of a three-phase project. The first involved the construction of the local access interchange at mile marker 163, which provided direct access between Route 26 and I-80 for local traffic. Construction on that phase took place over three construction seasons between 2020-22. The contract value was $52 million.

The other ongoing phase will reconstruct and widen Route 26 to maintain and support the state roadway network. It will feature 11-foot travel lanes and 4-foot shoulders. Excavation work for that project started in November 2024 and construction will be completed this summer.

Completing all three phases will support the regional freight economy and improve the reliability of roadway travel throughout the region.