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Since November, the closed Strickler Road bridge over Route 283 in Rapho Township — located just west of the Manheim-Mount Joy exit — has ended in an abrupt drop over

Beginning next week, motorists coming in and out of Lancaster County using two bridges in Columbia can expect lots of construction work on the bridges over the next four years.

Tolling I-83 South Bridge could wind up saving people time and money: PennDOT official Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 The proposed tolling of the I-83 South Bridge crossing the Susquehanna River was the focus of a telephone town hall on Tuesday. Feb. 26, 2021. Jimmie Brown | jbrown@pennlive.com Facebook Share Tolling the I-83 South Bridge to pay for its replacement may cost motorists money but a PennDOT official suggested it also could produce some savings for them from not having ...

Tolling of the Interstate 83 bridge over the Susquehanna River — a proposal to pay for its replacement and maintenance — prompted questions and criticism of the state Department of Transportation during a telephone town hall on Tuesday night. PennDOT held an hourlong session as part of its public meeting on the planned replacement of the aging structure. About 100 people attended. The new bridge would be wider, with five lanes in each direction. The project, which includes work in the Le...

More than 70 people have registered to participate in a telephone town hall set to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday (this evening) to discuss the proposed tolling of the I-83 South Bridge in Harrisburg, according to PennDOT. Pre-registration is not required. However, participants can pre-register at www.penndot.gov/i83SouthBridge to receive a phone call to join at the start of the meeting, or they can ...

PennDOT pushes forward on tolling bridges, but now lawmakers are hitting the brakes with new legislation The plan includes tolling 9 bridges, with the I-83 John Harris Memorial South bridge among those slated for repairs that connects Harrisburg to Cumberland County. Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43) Updated: 11:17 PM EST March 11, 2021 The PennDOT proposal that would toll 9 bridges in Pennsylvania to fund repair work now has a hurdle to jump as Republican lawmakers ...

The public is invited to comment on the plans in a variety of ways, including email, the project website and the telephone town hall.

I-83 South Bridge toll plan: Most don’t want to pay to cross, but some ‘are still trying to take it in’ Updated Mar 03, 2021; Posted Mar 03, 2021 Public reaction to the idea of tolling the I-83 South Bridge crossing the Susquehanna River to pay for its replacement and future maintenance has leaned toward negative but not everyone is opposed, according to a PennDOT official. | Jimmie Brown | jbrown@pennlive.com Facebook Share PennDOT has received about 200 comments so far regarding its p...