Tag: Pennsylvania Turnpike

Roadbuilding

Phase 1 of Pa. Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange opens

Phase 1 of the $450 million Penn. Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange project opens in Bucks County. Watch highlights from the ribbon-cutting ceremony here.

November 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

I-95 N.J. undergoes redesignation to I-295

New signs are going up along Interstate 95 in New Jersey as part of a project to redesignate the highway to I-295. Sign installation began January 16 in Mercer County with new signs and mile markers beginning at the Route 1 interchange and extending south toward the Delaware River and back. The signs will remain […]

January 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

Penn. Turnpike to replace two bridges in less than two weeks

Call it a bridge-building blitz. The Pennsylvania Turnpike will replace two bridges within two weekends. The process known as accelerated bridge construction will save a year or more in construction time and cut costs, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says. A similar process, though on a much larger scale, was used to replace the Interstate 85 […]

September 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Penn. Turnpike hanging up outdated emergency call boxes

The bright yellow emergency call boxes located every mile on the shoulder of the Pennsylvania Turnpike are being removed, a casualty of the ubiquitous mobile phone. The 1,000 or so boxes are being taken down between Sept. 11 and 29 along the 550-mile toll-road system, the Turnpike Commission says. The emergency call boxes were installed […]

September 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Penn. launches 511PAConnect to provide motorists with localized alerts

Pennsylvania has launched 511PAConnect, a text message and phone alert system designed to update motorists in an affected area about road closures due to accidents or weather events. The system is the first of its kind in the state that links “directly to a targeted group of travelers who are being impacted by, or who […]

January 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Troopers go undercover from construction vehicles in speeding crackdown on Pennsylvania work zones

Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police will take an embedded approach in protecting construction workers in highway work zones this summer. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s (PTC) campaign “Operation Orange Squeeze,” troopers will be working inside construction vehicles on highway jobsites running radar. They’ll relay speeders to other other troopers waiting outside the work […]

April 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

LaHood backs water highways, a higher gas tax fund, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, fuel taxes and tunnel inspections are among the issues featured in industry news.

September 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

LaHood backs water highways, a higher gas tax fund, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, fuel taxes and tunnel inspections are among the issues featured in industry news.

September 1, 2010