SR 348 intersection improvement

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation a Formula Grant totaling $511,764.87 on July 2, 2025, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to reconstruct and improve a 0.532-mile section of State Route 348 (Mt. Cobb Road) in Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The project encompasses the reconstruction of two intersections at State Route 2002 (Wimmers Road) and State Route 2003 (Cortez Road), installation of a new traffic signal at the SR 348 and SR 2003 intersection, full-depth widening of SR 348, and associated drainage improvements.

Construction activities will be executed under staged traffic control to maintain roadway accessibility during the improvement work. This infrastructure project represents the type of highway safety and capacity enhancement activities supported under the Federal-aid Highway Program, which provides formula-based funding to state transportation departments for highway construction, preservation, and improvement initiatives nationwide.

Project description

For the construction of a certain section of state highway in lackawanna county, jefferson township, commonwealth of pennsylvania, state route 348, section IMP. The project being situated as follows: from a point on SR 348 (MT cobb road) at segment 0070 offset 1789 (station 200+00) to segment 0080 offset 1939 (station 229+00) and an overall project length of 2,807.98 feet (0.532 miles). The project includes RE-construction of two intersections on SR 348 (MT cobb RD) at the intersections of SR 2002 (wimmers RD) and SR 2003 (cortez RD), construction of a new traffic signal at the intersection of SR 348 (MT cobb RD) and SR 2003 (cortez RD), full depth widening of SR 348 (MT cobb RD), and drainage improvements with traffic control maintained under staged construction, as indicated on the approved drawings included in the bid package.