Jacksonville road betterment

This $8,705,646 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund improvements to a section of State Route 26 in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The project will widen the lane widths and shoulders over a 11,800-foot (2.24-mile) segment from Segment 0470 Offset 0167 to Segment 0510 Offset 1078 in Marion Township. The improvements will involve constructing a Superpave asphalt mixture design for the base, binder, and wearing courses, as well as installing drainage, pavement base drain, guide rail, and other miscellaneous construction. This infrastructure project, titled "Jacksonville Road Betterment," is being carried out by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the state government agency responsible for managing and maintaining Pennsylvania's transportation systems.

Project description

For the improvement of a certain section of state highway in centre county, marion township, commonwealth of pennsylvania, state route 26, section 147. The project being situated as follows: on state route 26 from segment 0470 offset 0167 to segment 0510 offset 1078. For the improvements to SR 0026 involving lane width and shoulders. This project will include construction using superpave asphalt mixture designs for the base, binder, and wearing courses, drainage, pavement base drain, guide rail, and miscellaneous construction for a total construction length of approximately 11800 feet (2.240 miles) as indicated on the approved drawings.