$3.68 Million Project Begins Soon on Warrendale Bayne Road

A $3.68 million project to improve Warrendale Bayne Road in Marshall Township begins Monday, weather permitting, according to a PennDOT District 11 announcement.

The project will create significant improvements on the road between Route 19 and Brush Creek Road—reconstructing and widening for additional travel and turn lanes, improved drainage, traffic signals, guide rail and bituminous resurfacing.

The project also includes work to improve the northbound I-79 off-ramp to Warrendale Bayne Road and the intersections of Innovation Drive and Warrendale Bayne Road and northbound Route 19 and Thorn Hill Road.

Overall work will conclude in spring 2013.

Preliminary work that has already started includes surveying, installation of erosion and sedimentation controls, breaking existing concrete slabs stockpiled in the infield area between southbound I-79 and Warrendale-Bayne Road that will be used as rock fill in the benching areas, and benching excavation on westbound Warrendale-Bayne Road.

Beginning at about 9 a.m. on Monday, the following traffic restrictions will be implemented around-the-clock through late November: 

• Warrendale Bayne Road will be reduced to a single lane in each direction (10-foot width eastbound, 11-foot width westbound) between the entrance to 7-Eleven and entrance to Jergels (east of Route 19). Work includes widening to add a new right-turn lane from westbound Warrendale Bayne Road to northbound Route 19.
• Brush Creek Road will be reduced to a single 11-foot-wide lane in each direction for widening work needed to add a new right-turn lane from southbound Brush Creek Road to westbound Warrendale Bayne Road.
• Traffic on the northbound I-79 off-ramp to Warrendale Bayne Road (Exit 75 Warrendale) will be restricted to a single 12-foot-wide lane shifted to the right. Work includes widening on the ramp to add a new left-turn lane at the intersection with Warrendale-Bayne Road.

Restrictions will be lifted in late fall. When work resumes next spring (early March through late May), Warrendale Bayne Road will be widened to add an additional lane in each direction from Wheatland Road to Route 19

The prime contractor for the project is the John Gulisek Construction Co. of Mt. Pleasant.

Motorists are advised to use caution and expect delays and changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area. Visit 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions on major roadways before traveling.