Preservation work set for Flemington Route 150 bridge this summer

CLEARFIELD, PA – PennDOT announced Friday that the Route 150 bridge linking Flemington and Bald Eagle Township (High Street/Hogan Boulevard) will see preservation work needing a detour onto Route 220 in a few months.

In mid-May, PennDOT said, project contractor HRI, Inc of State College intends to start work on the Route 150 bridge spanning Bald Eagle Creek near Flemington. The contractor will start by removing sidewalk with flaggers in the roadway providing traffic control.

There will be a detour in place during the month of June and then a long-term lane closure with temporary traffic signals providing traffic control from the end of June to the end of September. PennDOT plans to issue updates on the project before the contractor implements each of these traffic control measures.

PennDOT also announced that work on a Route 150 bridge spanning Chatham Run in Dunnstable Township,will start on Monday, April 3. This work, as the Flemington project, are part of a larger bridge preservation project involving three Clinton County structures that will improve their ratings to “good.”

Work on the Chatham Run bridge revolves around the substructure, and PennDOT expects traffic impacts to be minimal. However, PennDOT advises drivers to anticipate periods when the contractor reduces traffic to a single lane and to build extra time into their travel schedules to compensate. The contractor expects work on this bridge to be ongoing until the end of June.

Work on the third bridge to see work under the HRI contract, a Route 220 bridge spanning Route 2006 and Fishing Creek, occurred last construction season. The contractor does intend to return to this bridge later in the construction season to complete an epoxy overlay. PennDOT will issue an update before that work begins.