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    Delwood Road Closure Begins April 1 for the Karns Crossing Bridge Replacement Project

    March 31, 2025

    Indiana, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today the closure of Delwood Road and nighttime lane restrictions on Route 68/East Jefferson Street as construction begins on the Karns Crossing Bridge in Summit and Butler townships, Butler County.

    Delwood Road will be closed April 7 through the beginning of November for construction of a temporary roadway. To access Delwood Road from the west, motorists will take Route 8 north and turn right onto East Brady Street, travel approximately 1.25 miles and turn right onto Delwood Road. 

    Nighttime single lane traffic restrictions with flaggers will occur on Route 68/East Jefferson Street starting the evening of April 7 to begin construction on the Karns Crossing Bridge. Work includes installing temporary traffic barrier, water, gas, and sewer line repairs/replacements.  This work will occur throughout the summer of 2025.  There will be intermittent single lane closures from Eau Claire Street in Butler Township to the intersection of Route 38 (Oneida Valley Road) from 8:00 PM – 6:00 AM. 

    Contractor, Swank Construction Company, New Kensington, PA, will be completing this $64.8 million bridge replacement project, estimated to be completed in spring 2028.

    The Karns Crossing Bridge project will replace two separate structures - the bridge itself that carries Route 68 over the railroad lines and the adjacent arch culvert over the waterway.  It also includes traffic safety and capacity improvements at the Route 68/Delwood Road intersection and the Route 68/US 422 eastbound on-ramp intersection.

    Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a free smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following local alerts on X.

    Subscribe to PennDOT news in in Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District10.

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    MEDIA CONTACT: Tina Gibbs at 724-357-2829 or chgibbs@pa.gov.

    MEDIA CONTACT: Tina Gibbs at 724-357-2829 or chgibbs@pa.gov.