Montoursville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is advising motorists in Northumberland County that Route 2044 (Gap Road / Upper Road / Franklin Avenue) in Zerbe, East Cameron, and West Cameron townships, has been posted with a permanent, year-round, 10-ton weight restriction. Route 2044 is located between Route 225 (Shamokin Street) in Zerbe Township, Northumberland County and Route 4024 (High Road) in Eldred Township, Schuylkill County.
The posting is being made based on a traffic-and-engineering study indicating that this highway may be damaged by vehicles that exceed the restriction.
School buses, emergency vehicles and local-delivery trucks are exempted from the postings.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following local alerts on X.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Montour and Columbia counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District3.
Information about infrastructure in District 3 including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D3Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
Follow PennDOT news on X, Facebook and Instagram.
MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Baker, 570-368-4202 or magbaker@pa.gov
###