Route 403 improvement project shifts to Hooversville Borough
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's long-term improvement project on State Route 403 shifted on Tuesday to a section from Number 3 Road to Grove Avenue in southern Hooversville borough in Somerset County.
The contractor will set up temporary traffic signals and a concrete barrier to create a 9-foot-wide single lane of traffic along Route 403 between Number 3 Road and Grove Avenue, stretching from just south of Hooversville north into southern Hooversville Borough.
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Motorists should anticipate delays of between 5 minutes and 15 minutes and are advised to use caution, obey all traffic signs, signals and flaggers, and watch for construction personnel and vehicles.
The work includes removal and replacement of the existing box culvert with a new 48-inch by 76-inch elliptical pipe, as well as milling and overlay and other construction. The restrictions are scheduled to be in place through May 31.
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The work zone shift comes at the completion of the section of Route 403 between Folly Lane and Number 3 Road just south of Hooversville, which included removal of loose rock and installation of steel mesh material with anchors along the hillside slope area. Pre-cast concrete barriers were installed, milling and overlay and other miscellaneous construction also took place.
This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Somerset PA Route 403 work project shifts to Hooversville Borough
