Kathy Liebler

Manager, Public Affairs & Media Relations


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Contact:  

Carl DeFebo, (717) 939-9551, Ext. 2934

October 3, 2001

 

TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
30-Minute Nighttime Stoppages Planned on Turnpike Near Somerset

Harrisburg, PA -- Pennsylvania Turnpike traffic stoppages will occur as follows:

DATE

Thursday October 4, 2001, weather permitting.

TIME

Intermittent traffic stoppages of 30 minutes duration each will occur between 10 p.m. Thursday, October 4 and 6 a.m. Friday, October 5.

LOCATION

Stoppages are at milepost 118.2 between the Somerset Interchange (#10) and Bedford Interchange (#11) in Somerset County.

LANES CLOSED

All lanes, eastbound and westbound, will be shutdown during stoppages.

TRAFFIC DELAY

Expected during stoppages.

PROJECT

The traffic stoppages are for the erecting of steel girders for an overhead bridge.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN THIS AREA, AND REMEMBER TO GIVE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE HIGHWAY WORKERS A "BRAKE."

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