Road work this week
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announces the following road work this week:
Carbon County• Lehigh Township: Buck Mountain Road between Eckley Road and Laurytown Road, lane restriction for oil and chip resurfacing work, Wednesday through Friday.• Banks Township, Cigar Plant Road, between Route 93 and Luzerne County Line, lane restriction with flagging for pipe flushing, Thursday and Friday.• Penn Forest Township, Hatchery Road between Route 903 and Pennsylvania Turnpike, lane restriction with flagging for oil and chip resurfacing work.• Nesquehoning: Route 93 between Route 209 and Quakake Road, lane restriction with flagging for oil and chip resurfacing work. Tuesday.• Packer Township, Spring Mountain Road, between Quakake Road and Route 93, through Tuesday.• Jim Thorpe borough, Route 209 (Lehigh Avenue), between Route 903 (North Street) and Beaver Street, possible traffic disruptions Thursday while beams are delivered to the Carbon County Municipal Parking Lot for the new Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Bridge over the Lehigh River. Anticipate delays and please use caution driving through the area.Monroe County• Hamilton Township: Route 33, between Route 209 and Northampton County Line, today and Tuesday.• Eldred Township: Kunkletown Road, between Carbon County Line and Old Route 115, through Friday.• Tunkhannock Township: Long Pond Road between Kuhenbeaker Road and Route 115, lane restriction for curb repair, through Friday.Lehigh County• South Whitehall, Route 22, between Route 145 and Interstate 78, crack sealing, nighttime work through Thursday.• South Whitehall, Route 22, between Route 145 and Interstate 78, shoulder work/widening, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Thursday.• Interstate 78, from Route 863 to Northampton County Line, median repair through Thursday,Northampton County• Lehigh Township: Route 145, between Neffs/ Laurys Road and Blue Mountain Drive, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.• Route 33, between Interstate 78 and Route 22, median repair, through Thursday.Schuylkill County• Mahanoy Township, Morea Road between Frackville and Mahanoy City, brush cutting, through Friday.• Rush Township, Route 309 between Hometown and McAdoo, pothole patching, through Friday.• Tamaqua, Route 309 between Route 209 and Tuscarora Park Road, through Friday.• Middleport borough, Route 209, Ferndale Road and Middleport borough, lane restriction for pipe work, through Friday.• Cass Township, Valley Road, between Highridge Park Road and Route 901, through Friday.