If any peregrine falcons or eagles are still nesting around Norman Wood Bridge over the Susquehanna River, local birder Tom Raub said they're staying out view.Of course, he said, because it's too late in the season for nesting, it's even more likely the birds have simply flown ......

Over the Octoraro Creek in Little Britain Township, something old is becoming something new. This week, construction crews began putting the wooden trusses of the old Pine Grove Covered Bridge onto new steel supports. The work is part of an ongoing $3.8 million rehabilitation of the cir......

In response to complaints, the state Department of Transportation is reducing the amount of clear-cutting along a local highway, though some residents are still frustrated. Residents along Route 222 have spoken against the clearing of trees and brush from a 100-foot-wide right of way along t......

Tourism was not a cause of the American Civil War, but it certainly has been an effect.And now, to help promote Pennsylvania's pivotal role in that conflict, which pitted American against American, the state Department of Transportation has placed 73 new signs in six counties promoting......

Mount Joy's Risser Mill Bridge, burned down by an arsonist six years ago, will be replaced by two bridges — one covered and one modern — according to plans.A hearing on the plans for the modern concrete bridge will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the Mount Joy Campus of t......

Motorists who have been navigating the single-lane restrictions on Route 30 near Prospect Road will have more construction to contend with next week.The Route 30 entrance and exit ramps at the Prospect Road and Route 441 interchanges will be closed for repairs sequentially from Monday to T......

Continuing the study of Route 23 or building a new Route 441 around Columbia — pick one. That is the funding dilemma being placed before transportation planners. As the state shifts funding to the repair of structurally deficient bridges, money allocated for other projects is being c......

Spring is just around the corner. Be prepared to stop. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation kicks off its 2008 season Monday with two big projects getting under way. The first, and one of the most expensive projects planned in the county this year, is $11.36 million in improv......

Pieces of material may be falling from the Lititz Pike bridge, but state transportation officials said motorists traveling over the bridge shouldn't be concerned. It is the trains below that have a problem. A reported 70-foot section of concrete under the bridge, which carries Route 50......

Two construction workers were injured Thursday when a PennDOT truck struck them on a West Hempfield Township bridge, officials said.The workers, whose names weren't released to the media Thursday, were replacing a bridge over Strickler Run at Route 462 when they were struck about 10 a.......

Repairs to the Route 30 bridge between Lancaster and York counties will restrict travel for much of today.Greg Penny, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, issued an announcement Friday that eastbound travel will be limited to a single lane beginning at 9 a.m. today, weathe......

In one respect, it seems like much ado over not much. Beginning in early January, Franklin & Marshall College will begin construction of a median strip in the center of Harrisburg Avenue, designed to discourage pedestrians from crossing in the middle of the busy block. The strip will be a m......

What had been called one of the worst intersections in Lancaster County became much safer Wednesday when the state opened a new, realigned intersection of Routes 272 and 372 at the Buck.Route 372 was rerouted 1,250 feet south to meet Friendly Drive at Route 272. Friendly Drive also was wid......

Two construction workers were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon when a car struck them as they walked across a covered bridge in Little Britain Township, officials said.The one-vehicle crash happened about 2:20 p.m. on Pine Grove Covered Bridge on Ashville Road. The bridge — which was t......

An Upper Leacock Township official said Thursday he was shocked and surprised by PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny's suggestion that there is a lack of local support for a Route 23 highway alternative.Supervisor chairman Ron Simmons said he was referring to a Lancaster Online article he rea......

Nearly three decades ago, the state Department of Transportation was poised to build a Route 72 bypass around the city of Lebanon.Agency spokesman Greg Penny said the project, which seemed to have the support of the people, was on the fast track to construction.But when the Lebanon ......

For the past few months, Kathy DeHart and her co-workers at Country Pets Grooming Salon have had it easy. At least when it comes to getting in and out of work, anyway. The salon, 1027 Dillerville Road, is located just before the section of the road blocked off for construction of a new ......

An outdated one-lane bridge on Strasburg Pike was replaced with a $2.4 million two-lane span that planners say will relieve congestion and improve safety.•••The Mill Creek bridge, formerly a narrow bottleneck on the heavily traveled Str......

Traffic on Harrisburg and Manheim pikes on the western edge of Lancaster city should move a whole lot easier by week's end.PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny on Monday said that, barring any complications over the next two days, the section of Dillerville Road connecting the two pikes is exp......

Nearly one in four of Pennsylvania's 25,000 state-owned bridges — 22 percent — have been deemed "structurally deficient," including 177 in Lancaster County alone.But in the aftermath of the deadly bridge collapse Wednesday in Minneapolis, PennDOT says motorists can rest assured......

The stunning collapse of an eight-lane bridge over the Mississippi River has cast an intense light on the safety of such spans nationwide, including those in Pennsylvania. "We have bridges here that are very, very old, and I worry about them," said Jack McSherry Jr., a structural e......

Work on the much-traveled Dillerville Road multispan bridge is on schedule and should be completed as planned in mid-August, officials said Thursday.Crews placed beams last week and will pour concrete for a bridge deck next Wednesday, PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny said Thursday.Pavin......

The 87th annual Lancaster County Firemen's Association parade will snake through Manheim Township Saturday, closing a major road for part of the afternoon.A portion of Lititz Pike (Route 501) will be closed from 1:30 to approximately 4:30 p.m. to accommodate the parade, which will feat......

The aging bridge that carries Lititz Pike over the Amtrak lines and into Lancaster is slated to be replaced, and state officials want input from motorists and pedestrians concerning what the new span will look like.The state Department of Transportation will hold an open house tonight, inv......

For the next several months, navigating the area northwest of Lancaster city may be a bit of a challenge for motorists.Early this morning, crews were expected to close a well-traveled portion of Dillerville Road between Harrisburg and Manheim pikes to begin a $7.5 million bridge reconstruc......