A bridge restoration project near Lemont will impact drivers on U.S. Route 322 and Elmwood Street over the coming months, including a full closure of the bridge this summer, according to PennDOT.
Work is scheduled to begin Monday and continue until September on the Elmwood Street bridge spanning U.S. Route 322 in College Township near the Route 26-State College exit. At the start of the project, drivers on Route 322 may encounter short-term lane and shoulder closures while crews work underneath the bridge.
PennDOT expects those traffic impacts will be minimal, but urges drivers to exercise caution in the work zone.
The bridge on Elmwood Street will remain open through the end of the school year but will be fully closed during the summer for contractor H&P Construction Inc. of Kulpmont to complete the project.
PennDOT will issue an update on detour information before closing the bridge.
The repairs are expected to improve the bridge’s ride quality, extend its service life and raise its overall condition rating from fair to good.
Work includes concrete beam and deck repairs, installation of reinforcement bars and new strip seals, an epoxy overlay, approach paving and pavement marking.
The Elmwood Street project is part of a $1.4 million project that includes two other bridge rehabilitations. Work on Route 26 bridge spanning U.S. 322 will take place later this construction season, and a project on the Route 504 bridge spanning Wallace Run in Boggs Township was completed in 2024.
It’s also one of two PennDOT bridge restoration projects in College Township scheduled to begin on Monday.
Work on bridges spanning Warner Boulevard and Spring Creek near the Oak Hall interchange on U.S. Route 322 will result in the right lanes in both directions being closed. Once work is completed in the travel lanes, closures will shift to the passing lanes.
That project is expected to last through the end of August.
