I-83 east shore section 3

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation received a $56,878,844 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). This grant funding will support the I-83 East Shore Section 3 project, which involves the widening and reconstruction of 9,950 feet (1.884 miles) of Interstate 83 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Key components of the project include roadway widening, bridge replacement, sound barrier installation, and other infrastructure improvements along I-83 and connecting state routes. This federal grant award will enable the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to deliver enhancements to improve traffic flow, safety, and mobility for the East Shore region.

Project description

The SR 0083 section 079 project extends on I-83 from the 19TH street (SR 3007) interchange to 29TH street (SR 3013) and consists of the widening and reconstruction of an existing 24 foot cement concrete and bituminous roadway, consisting of new superpave pavement 36 feet in width and full depth paved shoulders, 24 foot collector distributor roadways, accel/decel lanes, ramps and sideroads, upgrade to the 19TH street (SR 3007) partial interchange and one new full interchange at cameron street (SR 0230), and removal of one existing full interchange at 13TH street. Roadway and structure improvements are included on cameron street (SR 0230), 19TH street (SR 3007) and 29TH street (SR 3013). Also included are: embankment benching and sliver fills, replacement of a one-span bridge and a two-span bridge with a proposed three-span bridge, replacement of a two-span bridge with a proposed one-span bridge, replacement of a one-span bridge with a proposed two-span bridge, removal of a three-span bridge and replacement with embankment, removal of portions of existing bridges, five proposed retaining walls, one proposed retaining wall with structure mounted sound barrier, two proposed ground mounted sound barriers, two proposed moment slabs with TOE walls, four proposed overhead sign structures, guiderail, drainage, pollinator garden, highway lighting, pavement markings, and other miscellaneous construction, all contained within an overall project length of 9,950.00 linear feet (1.884 miles) for state route 0083, section 079, in dauphin county, city of harrisburg, swatara township, paxtang borough, from a point 800 feet west of the cameron street underpass at segment 0424/0425 offset 0974/0974 to the 29TH street overpass at segment 0444/0445 offset 1432/1406.