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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced additional stretches of the interstate network that will be posted with 70 mph speed limits.

Starting tomorrow, 396 additional miles of the Turnpike and 400 additional miles of certain PennDOT highways will be converted to 70 mph; combined with the 201 combined miles of Turnpike and PennDOT roadways already at 70 mph since July 2014, motorists will see the higher speed limit on 997 miles of roadway in the Commonwealth.

On Monday, May 2, a 3.4-mile micro-surfacing project on Route 254 in Columbia County will begin.

Work will be from Taylor Road in Millville Borough to Route 44 in Madison Township.

There will be daylight signing and flaggers providing traffic control.

Work is expected to be completed in late June.

Suite-Kote Corporation is the prime contractor on this $237,500 project.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced it will be activating a new type of left turn signal that has been proven to improve left turn safety at intersections.

On Monday, May 2, a PennDOT maintenance crew in Columbia County will begin widening Route 3016 (Hollow Road) in Catawissa Borough and Catawissa Township.

Work is expected to be completed by Thursday, May 5, weather permitting. The road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

A detour will be in place using Route 42 and Route 487.

Update: All lanes of Route 339 are open.

Motorists in Columbia County are advised that Route 339 is down to a single lane between Mainville and Mifflinville due to a vehicle crash and downed power lines.

Flaggers are directing traffic through the area.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles 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 770 traffic cameras.

On Monday, April 25, a PennDOT bridge crew in Columbia County will begin a bridge replacement project on Route 4008 (Back Branch Road) in Mount Pleasant Township.

The existing concrete slab bridge, which spans a tributary of Fishing Creek, was built in 1940 and is classified as functionally obsolete. It will be replaced with a box culvert.

The bridge will be closed during the project. Route 4013 (Whites Church Road) also will be closed due to its close proximity to the bridge.

BLOOMSBURG — The crush of revelers at student homes along Fetterman Avenue reached into the thousands Saturday, one of the largest crowds Police Chief Roger Van Loan has seen there in over 20 years.

And with the massive Block Party crowds came the anticipated commotion.

BLOOMSBURG — A drunken stranger barged into a Lightstreet Road apartment during the annual Block Party Saturday and went on a rampage that ended when a resident blinded him with pepper spray, charges say.

Later, detained at the police station for questioning, Matthew Hunter McCullough asked to use the bathroom then urinated all over the walls and floor, authorities say.

Relive the 2016 Block Party or take a peek at what you missed during the annual drinking bash in Bloomsburg April 16.

Motorists traveling on Interstate 80 are advised there is a lane closure in the westbound lanes in Montour County near mile 226 due to a disabled vehicle.

A truck broke down in a work zone.

One lane is open, but traffic delays are expected. Both lanes may be closed briefly so the truck can be removed from the roadway.

Motorists should be alert and watch for stopped or slow-moving vehicles.