$1.2B in road and bridge work planned for Northeast Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) shared its plans for the 2025 construction season in District 4. The district in northeastern Pennsylvania, comprised of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties, will see 52 new transportation projects this year, totaling over $300 million.PennDOT Engineering District 4 Executive Richard Roman said 90% of funding would go toward bridges. The other types of projects expected to begin in 2025 include highway improvements on the region’s interstate highways, as well as state roads, safety improvements and infrastructure maintenance. District 4 operates and maintains over 4,000 miles of roads and 2,100 bridges according to Roman.These new initiatives will join 95 projects throughout the six-county region that will continue this upcoming season. The continuing projects represent more than $946 million in funding bringing the all-in total for active projects across District 4 in 2025 to $1.2 billion.In the 2024 construction season, District 4 completed improvements on 169 miles of roadway, addressed 305 bridges, finished 490 miles of seal coat, applied 1,287 miles of crack sealing and did 1,143 miles of shoulder cutting. The upcoming new projects for the 2025 season are listed by county below.

Lackawanna County

Bridges

• Bridge replacement on North Main Avenue over Leggetts Creek in Scranton
• Bridge preservation on Route 307 over Interstate 380 in Covington Township
• Bridge preservation on Route 3020 (Linden Street) over Lackawanna Railroad in Scranton
• Bridge preservation on Route 6 over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Clarks Summit Borough
• Multiple bridge replacement projects on Route 435 Bridge replacement on G.C. Smith Street in Elmhurst Township
• Bridge rehabilitation on Route 8025 over Roaring Brook and Service Road in Scranton
• Bridge preservation on Route 8025 over Ramp D in Scranton
• Bridge replacement on Route 307 over Williams Bridge in Roaring Brook Township
• Bridge rehabilitation on Route 3023 over Roaring Brook in Scranton
• Bridge replacement on Goers Hills Road over White Oak Run in Archbald Borough
• Bridge replacement on Route 4036 over Falls Creek in Newton Township
• Bridge replacement on Lackawanna Avenue over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Scranton
• Bridge rehabilitation on Route 435 over Van Brunt Creek in Moscow Borough

Roadways

• Surface improvement on Routes 3019 (Lonesome Road), 3023 (Pittston Avenue), and 11 (Pittston Avenue) in various municipalities
• Roadway widening and intersection improvement on Cortez Road, Wimmers Road and Route 348 Mount Cobb Road in Jefferson Township
• Roadway improvement on Route 632 in Scott Township
• Signal improvement at various Intersections on Route 3013 (Main Street) in the Scranton
• Pavement replacement on Interstate 81 in Scranton and Dunmore Borough
• Surface improvement on Routes 3012 and 3047 in various municipalities in Lackawanna County

Culverts

• Culvert replacement on Route 347 over Kennedy Creek in Scott Township
• Bridge culvert replacement project on Front Street
• Culvert replacement project under the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad in Elmhurst Township

Luzerne County

Bridges

• Bridge replacement on Route 239 over Pine Creek in Huntington Township
• Bridge repair on Route 4018 over Pine Creek in Huntington Township
• Bridge maintenance on Route 11 over Route 2037, the Susquehanna River and Fort Jenkins in West Pittston
• Bridge preservation on Route 1013 over Toby’s Creek in Luzerne Borough
• Bridge preservation on Route 2007 in City of Wilkes-Barre
• Bridge superstructure replacement on Route 11 over Hunlock Creek in Hunlock Township
• Bridge superstructure replacement on Route 3019 over Hazle Creek in Hazle Township
• Bridge preservation on Route 2026 over Gardner’s Creek in Laflin Borough
• Multiple bridge replacements on Interstate 81 in Dorrance Township

Roadways

• Pavement mark legends project on multiple state routes in Luzerne County
• Surface improvement on Route 93 in Nescopeck Borough, Route 1047 in Dallas Township and Route 2001 in Ashley Borough in Luzerne County

Culverts

• Culvert replacement on Route 1005 over Brown’s Creek in Jackson Township
• Culvert replacement on Route 3040 over a tributary to Nescopeck Creek in Sugarloaf Township
• Culvert replacement on Route 4024 over Laurel Run in Ross Township

Pike County

Bridges

• Bridge rehabilitation on Route 447 in Greene Township
• Bridge rehabilitation on Route 6 in Matamoras
• Bridge replacement on Route 390 in Greene Township

Susquehanna County

Bridges

• Bridge replacement on Route 1033 over a tributary to the Susquehanna River in Great Bend Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 3004 over a tributary to Riley Creek in Auburn Township
• Tunkhannock Creek bridge preservation in Lenox Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 167 over Martins Creek in Hop Bottom Township

Roadways

• Resurfacing on Route 11 in Lenox Township

Wayne County

Bridges

• Bridge removal on Route 1002 over Skinners Falls in Damascus Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 4043 over Branch Sherman’s Creek in Scott Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 3018 over Branch Middle Creek in South Canaan Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 3018 over a tributary to Middle Creek in South Canaan Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 590 over an inlet to Finn Swamp in Paupack Township
• Bridge replacement on Route 1023 over South Branch Equinunk Creek in Buckingham and Manchester Townships
• Bridge replacement on Route 4001 over Van Auken Creek in Clinton Township

Wyoming County

Bridges

• Bridge replacement on Route 3002 over Bowmans Creek in Noxen Township

Roadways

• Roadway improvements and resurfacing on Route 29/3003 Sugar Hollow in Eaton Township

The new projects for the 2025 construction season listed above will begin while several other projects are set to continue across the six northeastern Pennsylvania counties.

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