NOTICE
TO SSRTA MEMBERS TRAVELING TO GILLENTOWN TRAILHEAD
FROM THE WEST
UPDATE:
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Michael Kokoskie says: I do the inspections on that
road. They are planning to have it open towards the
end of January for traffic but will not be 100% complete
at that time. Still have to grade the area around
it. All this is weather dependent and trust me they
are doing the best they can but unexpected problems
do happen and they have to work around them.
Section
of Route 53 Closed until November for Slide Repair
in Clearfield County
People traveling to Gillentown Trailhead from the
West will have to use Interstate 80 to Snow Shoe Exit
147. Then proceed North on Route 144 to Gillentown
Trailhead.
The
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
announced that slide repair work on a section of Route
53 (Kylertown/Drifting Highway) began on Monday, August
12. This work zone is located about 2 ½ miles
north of the village of Drifiting, near the Clearfield/Centre
County line.
To
perform the repair work, this section of Route 53
was closed on Monday, August 12th and a detour is
in place. Repairs will allow PennDOT to reopen both
traffic lanes. All work is weather dependent.
An
official 15-mile detour for Route 53 will be implemented
the morning of August 12 and will continue until early
November when the project is expected to complete.
The detour will utilize Route 53, Route 144, and I-80.
Local traffic traveling North on Route 53 from Kylertown
will be permitted to access the Drifting area and
traffic traveling South on Route 53 from Snowshoe
will be permitted access as far as the bridge crossing
Moshannon Creek.
Overall
work on this design-build project will include construction
of two retaining walls as well as 600 feet of roadway
reconstruction. |