RAILROAD CROSSING CLOSURES – 8/19 & 8/26

Please be aware railroad crossing at Robertson Street and Sutersville Road is CLOSED for 5 days for CSX maintenance beginning 8/19/2024

Railroad crossing at Main Street (Rte. 136) and 2nd Street will be closing for 5 days for CSX maintenance beginning 8/26/2024.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

August 19, 2024

MEDIA CONTACT:  Laina Aquiline, laquiline@pa.gov or 724-415-3748

Route 136 East Main Street Railroad Crossing Maintenance Begins Next Monday in Westmoreland County

Uniontown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 is announcing that the railroad crossing on Route 136 (East Main Street) – between Second and North Water streets – is scheduled to close Monday morning, August 26 through Friday, August 30, in West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County.

Crews from CSX Transportation will be performing maintenance. All work depends on weather and operations.

A posted detour will be in place using:

• Route 136 (Main Street)
• Route 31 (Mount Pleasant Road/West Newton Ruffsdale Road)
• Interstate 70 (Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway)
• Route 51 (Hayden Boulevard)
• Route 136 (West Newton Road/Main Street)

PennDOT is not involved in this work and is providing this information as a public service announcement only.   

Please remain alert and follow the posted signs and speed limits. Safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties at //www.penndot.pa.gov/district12. 

Information about infrastructure in District 12, including completed work and significant projects, is available at //www.penndot.pa.gov/D12Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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