New McKnight Road Crossover Change Coming

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — Northbound traffic on McKnight Road is expected to be crossed over into the southbound lanes on Friday to allow crews to continue work on the structure carrying traffic over Babcock Boulevard.

PENNDOT says preparatory work will begin at 9 a.m. with traffic being shifted to the outermost lanes. Crews will conduct barrier installation and line painting operations in advance of the crossover.

Once the prep work is complete, northbound traffic will be crossed over in the southbound lanes between Brookview Lane and Ross Municipal Drive at the Babcock Boulevard interchange. The new configuration will include one 12-foot lane of traffic in each direction.

The crossover is anticipated to remain in place through early July.

The ramp from Babcock Boulevard to northbound McKnight Road will remain open to traffic. The on and off-ramps on southbound McKnight Road at the Babcock Boulevard interchange will remain open to traffic.

Additionally, to accommodate this work, the northbound McKnight Road off-ramp to Babcock Boulevard will close to traffic through early July. Ramp traffic will be detoured as follows:

Northbound McKnight Road to Babcock Boulevard

• Continue northbound past the closed ramp
• Turn left onto Siebert Road
• Turn left onto on Babcock Boulevard
• Continue on Babcock Boulevard to the closed ramp
• End detour

The work is part of the ongoing $27 million McKnight Road rehabilitation project.