Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in Potter County the week of September 22. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in Potter County for the coming week is as follows:

Bridge Maintenance & Cleaning

• Route 449 at a bridge spanning Ninemile Run in Ulysses Township. Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. This work takes place off the roadway and has minimal, if any, traffic impact.
• Route 4019 (Horse Run Road) at a bridge spanning Horse Run approximately one mile north of Shinglehouse in Sharon Township. Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. This work takes place off the roadway and has minimal, if any, traffic impact.

Pennsylvania has some of the oldest bridges in the country, with an age of more than 50 years on average. Preventive maintenance is vital in extending the life of the structures. As such, PennDOT maintenance crews perform some bridge deck patching and structural repairs.

Manual Patching

• All of Route 607 in Austin Borough, Keating, and Portage townships. Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.
• All of Route 872 between Route 6 in Coudersport Borough and the Cameron-Potter County line in Wharton Township. Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.

Most permanent pothole patching is completed in the spring/summer when temperatures stay consistently above freezing. If maintenance crews were not repairing potholes, the road surface would break up further and require more expensive corrective measures.

Mechanized Patching

• Route 6 between the SPC Mike Franklin Memorial Bridge spanning the Allegheny River in Coudersport Borough and the Potter-Tioga County line approximately 1.5 miles east of Galeton Borough. Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.

Mechanized patching is used to patch limited roadway areas that have extensive potholes, large areas of cracked pavement, and depressions. If mechanized patching was not performed, the damaged road surface would further deteriorate, resulting in PennDOT needing to completely rebuild the road or perform more costly corrective measures.

Pipe Replacing & Cleaning

• All of Route 3003 (First Fork Road). Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours.

Pipe replacement and cleaning are essential in maintaining water flow around state roadways. Controlling water flow is one of the most important aspects of maintaining pavements. Uncontrolled water flow will damage both the pavement surface and the area under the pavement, which causes deterioration across the length of the pipe.

This schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions, emergencies, or other unforeseen interruptions.