According to PennDOT, a project to improve Route 145/Seventh Street between Walnut Street and Sumner Avenue in Whitehall Township and Allentown will begin May 4.
The project includes pavement patching, milling, paving, curb ramp upgrades, pavement markings and rehabilitation work on the Route 145 Bridge over Sumner Avenue.
There will be two-to-three traffic stoppages, lasting approximately 15-minutes each, between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight on Route 145/Seventh Street at the bridge over Sumner Avenue, May 4-7.
Next, there will be 15-minute traffic stoppages (one to three per night) on Route 145 in the same area as mentioned above, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weeknights beginning May 10. These traffic stoppages will occur for approximately four weeks.
During the traffic stoppages, northbound traffic will be detoured over Sixth Street.
The stoppages are to allow workers to jack up the beams on the bridge in order to perform work on the bridge rocker bearings.
Future updates will be provided whenever there are traffic impacts. The average daily traffic on this section of PA 145/Seventh Street is 35,349 vehicles.
Eastern Industries, Inc. of Winfield, Pa. is the general contractor on the $1,314,780 project. Construction is expected to finish this August.