Allentown, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5 announced today work will begin Monday, January 5, for a project to repair a retaining wall on US 209 in Jim Thorpe Borough and Mahoning Township, Carbon County.
Starting Monday, the three-lane section of US 209 in between Race Street in Jim Thorpe Borough and Oak Drive in Mahoning Township will be reduced to a single lane northbound and a single lane southbound. The northbound passing lane will be removed.
This traffic pattern will be in-place until September 30, when the road will reopen to three lanes. This traffic restriction will then be reinstated in January 2027 and will be in place until September 2027.
The project includes repairs to the existing retaining wall including moment slab/barriers doweled into existing wall, stone masonry repairs and other miscellaneous construction.
US 209 in this area has an average daily traffic volume of 11,067 vehicles.
J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, PA is the general contractor on the $8,496,930 project, which is expected to be complete in September 2027. All schedules are estimates and subject to change.
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