Kathy Liebler
                        Director of Public Information

C   O   M   M   I   S   S   I   O   N                N   E   W   S             R   E   L   E   A   S   E   

Contact:  Patricia L. Bodack, (724)755-5018   

TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
NEW TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND STOPPAGES ON TURNPIKE
NEAR BREEZEWOOD INTERCHANGE IN BEDFORD COUNTY RESCHEDULED

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is advising motorists that the construction work tentatively scheduled at milepost 161, ½ mile west of the Breezewood Interchange has been rescheduled for the weeks of March 21^st through the 26^th and March 28th through the 1^st of April, 1999. The work, involving the removal of the bridge running over the Turnpike at milepost 161, will begin each week at 8:00 P.M. Sunday. During this entire construction period, lane shifts, single lane patterns and periodic traffic stoppages will occur.

For the week of March 21st through the 26^th, westbound traffic will be reduced to one lane, while two narrow eastbound lanes will be open, utilizing a lane shift pattern. For the week of March 28^th through April 1^st, eastbound traffic will be reduced to one lane, while two narrow westbound lanes will be open, utilizing a lane shift pattern.

Two lanes of traffic in both directions will be open during the weekend in between this construction period, from the afternoon of Friday the 26^th, through 8:00 P.M. Sunday the 28^th.

Turnpike customers traveling through this area are urged to take needed precautions for their travels, expecting delays, lane shifts and single lane patterns in the construction area. Motorists are also urged to use caution in this and all construction areas, and to remember to give Pennsylvania Turnpike Highway Workers a "Brake."

 P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676         Phone: (717) 939-9551         Fax: (717) 986-9649