The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is informing motorists that the planned overnight, weekend-long detour for the Route 56 (Quaker Valley Road) over Barefoot Run tributary bridge project in Bedford County has been rescheduled for Friday, June 20, 2025.
The work, which includes the replacement of an existing bridge-structure in Pleasantville, Bedford County, with an elliptical pipe, was originally scheduled for Friday, June 6.
The revised work schedule begins during the afternoon of Friday, June 20, with a single-lane closure under general flagging traffic controls. At 7:00 PM, Friday, June 20, a 27-mile, overnight weekend-long (7:00 PM Friday to 6:00 AM Sunday) detour will reroute traffic using Route 96 (Cortland Road) to Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) to Route 56 (Pensy Hollow Road/Quaker Valley Road). The detour will remain in place until 6:00 AM Sunday, June 23, 2025.
Grannas Bros. Stone & Asphalt Co. Inc., of Hollidaysburg is the contractor for the $7,290,201.17 project, which is tentatively scheduled to be completed in November.
As always, PennDOT stresses extra caution in all work zones. Motorists should drive slowly, eliminate all distractions, and stay alert for direction from advanced signage and flaggers.
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