Updated: McKnight Road Construction Work Delayed to Friday

Construction work originally scheduled to begin Monday night on 4.6 miles of McKnight Road between Babcock Boulevard and Perrymont Road will start instead Friday night at 8 p.m., Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said.

The construction work will reduce traffic in those areas to single lanes. 

The $8.8 million project to improve McKnight Road, also known as Route 4003, includes milling and resurfacing, concrete pavement patching, drainage, guide rail, concrete barrier, curb and sidewalk improvements, curb ramp installation, signing and pavement markings, and signal upgrades on McKnightRoad between Nelson Run Road and Perrymont Road (Route 4056).

Bridge preservation will also occur on the structure that carries McKnight Road over Babcock Boulevard including latex modified concrete deck surfacing, resetting rocker bearings, pedestrian railing repairs, concrete repairs, and other improvements. Overall work will conclude in fall 2011. The prime contractor is Lindy Paving, Inc. of New Castle, PA.

The following traffic changes will be made starting Tuesday at 8 p.m.:

* Traffic on McKnight Road at the bridge over Babcock Boulevard will be reduced to a single lane until early October.

* Traffic will also be reduced to a single lane on McKnight Road from Babcock Boulevard to Perrymont Road on the following schedule:

Monday-Friday nights
o   Northbound (outbound) – 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
o   Southbound (inbound) – 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Saturdays
o   Northbound – 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Sundays
o   Southbound – 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Sundays

* Additional lane closures will also take place on Babcock Boulevard in the area of McKnight Road from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekday nights.
      
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