Farrandsville Road Detour Starts Monday

LOCK HAVEN – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced that work to replace a bridge on the Farrandsville Road (Route 1001) in Woodward Township is scheduled to start Monday, July 8. Replacing the bridge will improve its rating from fair to good, PennDOT said. A detour will be in place during the project.

Starting Monday motorists will follow a detour using Croak Hollow Road, Route 664 (Swissdale Road) and Route 1001 (Farrendsville Road). Motorist familiar with the area may choose alternate routes.

PennDOT anticipates reopening the road to traffic by July 27 and will lift the closure earlier if work progress allows. All work is weather dependent. The existing 17-foot bridge was built in 1954. It spans an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and carries an average of 241 vehicles daily. The existing bridge will be replaced with a prestressed concrete box culvert.

A crew from PennDOT Clinton County Maintenance is preparing the site, including removal of the old bridge, complete erosion and sedimentation controls, place bedding, and complete the structural backfill after the contractor places the box culvert. In addition to placing the new box culvert, the contractor will perform paving and replace the guiderail. Nestlerode Contracting Co., Inc of Lock Haven is the contractor on this job.

PennDOT reminds drivers to use caution in and around work zones, follow official detour signs, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up.