Second Route 255 Project in St Marys Starts Next Week, Says PennDOT

ST. MARYS – Work to improve a northern section of Route 255 in the city of Saint Marys will get underway next week. Crews will begin preliminary work, including installation of temporary signing and surveying. The project stretches from the Tractor Supply intersection to Route 120/State Street in Saint Marys. No traffic disruptions are expected during the preliminary work.

Once the project completes in late summer 2014, travel along this section of Route 255 will be smoother and more efficient. PennDOT will issue regular updates on this project as work schedules and traffic impacts require.

Overall work includes pavement repair, drainage improvements, addition of a right-turn lane for Route 255 northbound traffic at Vine Street, re-alignment of the Arch Street intersection, a right turn lane on Route 120 east for traffic heading south on Route 255, and other construction items.

All work is weather and schedule dependent. Dave Gutelius Excavating, Inc. of Mifflinburg is the contractor on this $12.8 million project.

About a one-mile section of roadway separates this project from PennDOT’s other Route 255 project that stretches from the old Wal-Mart intersection, south to the Kersey/Route 948 intersection. That work is expected to get underway late this month.

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