Restrictions And Closures Ahead For South Main Street Area

Uniontown, PA – PennDOT has announced scheduled restrictions and closure of a portion of (South Main Street between Route 18 (Park Avenue) and East/West Prospect Avenue in the City of Washington.  Monday, July 6 through Friday, July 10 – there will be daily single-lane restrictions in place from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Traffic will be controlled by flaggers.  Monday, July 13 through the end of September – Route 2001 will close to traffic beginning at 6:00 a.m.  The detour will be:  Route 2001 (South Main Street and South Main Street Extension)/Route 19 (Waynesburg Road)/Route 40/19 (East Maiden Street)/Route 18 (South Main Street).  During the restrictions, crews from Allison Park Contractors, Inc. will perform saw cutting and preparation work for the closure of Route 2001 (South Main Street). During the closure, crews will demolish the existing concrete box culvert under Route 2001 (South Main Street) and replace it with a new cast-in-place concrete box culvert. Additional work to be performed includes drainage repairs/replacement, new inlets, and new asphalt roadway pavement.  This $2.25 million investment will replace the existing box culvert underneath Route 18 with a new pre-cast box culvert. This work includes excavation of the existing concrete box culvert, installing a new pre-cast concrete box culvert, full-depth asphalt road replacement and concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk replacement. This work is part of the Route 2001/Route 18 Over Catfish Creek Bridge Replacement Project.