Rebecca Oyler
With little public notice or attention, PennDOT s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board approved the “Pathways Major Bridge P3 Initiative” on Nov. 12, which will institute tolls on interstate bridges across the commonwealth. On Feb. 18, PennDOT announced that the following bridge projects are under consideration for tolling:
• I-78 Lenhartsville bridge replacement project (Berks County);
• I-79 widening, bridges and Bridgeville interchange reconfiguration (Allegheny County);
• I-80 Canoe Creek bridges (Clarion County);
• I-80 Nescopeck Creek bridges (Luzerne County);
• I-80 North Fork bridges project (Jefferson County);
• I-80 over Lehigh River bridge project (Luzerne and Carbon counties);
• I-81 Susquehanna project (Susquehanna County);
• I-83 South bridge project (Dauphin County); and
Trucking association opposes bridge tolling PennDOT Pennsylvania goerie.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goerie.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Jersey s George Washington Bridge interchange the worst freight bottleneck in U.S.
The intersection of I-95 and New Jersey Highway 4 at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is once again the worst freight bottleneck in the U.S. for the third straight year, according to research from the American Transportation Research Institute.
In its
2021 Top Truck Bottleneck List, ATRI measured the level of truck-involved congestion at over 300 locations on the national highway system. The analysis is based on truck GPS data from over 1 million trucks. The bottleneck locations detailed in the latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 300 freight-critical locations.
Cincinnati s Brent Spence Bridge: No 2 most congested bottleneck in the nation msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Yes, we know, this information will leave many people saying no kidding followed by an eye roll. Here are the details anyway. An annual list from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) finds the Brent Spence Bridge corridor is the second most congested area in the U.S. for truck bottlenecks. This report comes as no shock to those who use it because the Brent Spence Bridge is chronically congested and horrendously unsafe, OKI CEO Mark Policinski says in a release. And, the report shows the situation isn t getting any better,
The I-71/75 bridge carries 160,000-plus vehicles and more than $1 billion worth of freight each day, or more than $400 billion in freight annually, according to OKI. It s a main north/south artery, holding two major interstates.