Montoursville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is advising motorists in Bradford County that the entire length of Route 4008 (Porter Road), which is located between Route 6 (Elmira Street) in Troy Borough and Route 6 (Sylvania Road) in Sylvania Borough, will be posted with a permanent, year-round, 10-ton weight restriction.
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.
The restriction will be in effect once the required signs are erected by a PennDOT maintenance crew, expected to occur today.
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 regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
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