South Main closure to continue into late October
Mike Jones/Observer-Reporter
The closure of South Main Street in Washington has been pushed back another week with work continuing through late October.
The state Department of Transportation announced the road will remain closed between East Prospect and Park avenues until at least Friday as crews finish up work to realign waterlines below the road surface.
The work by Golden Triangle Construction on behalf of Pennsylvania American Water began Sept. 8 and was supposed to take two weeks to complete, but the reopening date has been pushed back multiple times after crews hit solid rock while digging 20 feet below the surface. After the closure is lifted, there will be single-lane closures in that area as crews finish the work.
The work to relocate the waterlines is necessary ahead of the Catfish Creek culvert bridge replacement project scheduled to begin in the spring.