PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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PROJECT TITLE: SR61 / 209 INTERSECTION :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SR 0061 IN THE CITY OF POTTSVILLE, PALO ALTO BOROUGH, AND NORTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LANE RECONFIGURATIONS ALONG SR 0061, ACCESS CONTROL, THE RECONFIGURATION THE INTERSECTION AT SR 0061 / ARCH STREET / TERRY REILEY WAY, ALONG WITH OTHER SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND CURB RAMP UPGRADES. THIS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IN THE CITY OF POTTSVILLE HAS A HISTORY OF NUMEROUS ANGLE, REAR END, HIT FIXED OBJECT AND PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS. EXCLUSIVE LEFT TURN LANES ARE LACKING AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS DRIVEWAYS. EXCLUSIVE LEFT TURN LANES AND A TWO-WAY CENTER LEFT TURN LANE WILL BE PROVIDED BY REDUCING THE SOUTHBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC LANES FROM TWO TO ONE FROM MAUCH CHUNK STREET THROUGH ARCH STREET. THERE WILL BE NO LEFT TURNS FROM THROUGH TRAVEL LANES. SIGNALS WILL BE UPGRADED WITH LED INDICATIONS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS, RETRO-REFLECTIVE BACK-PLATES, PROVIDE PROTECTED LEFT TURN PHASING AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE COORDINATED. ACCESS CONTROL WILL BE PROVIDED BY CONSOLIDATING AND CLOSING DRIVEWAYS BY INSTALLING CURB IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ACCESS CONTROL WILL BE PROVIDED BY INSTALLING A MOUNTABLE MEDIAN DIVISOR FROM STA 116+36 TO STA 119+10 TO PREVENT LEFT TURNS INTO OR OUT OF DRIVEWAYS NORTH OF MAUCH CHUNK STREET. SIGNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR. THE INTERSECTION OF SR 0061 AND ARCH STREET/TERRY REILY WAY WILL BE CONVERTED FROM A FIVE-LEG INTERSECTION TO A FOUR-LEG INTERSECTION. SURFACE TREATMENTS WILL BE APPLIED IN LOCATIONS TO IMPROVE SKID RESISTANCE AND FACILITATE RELOCATING LANE LINES. AN HSIP ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED BY THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC UNIT 6/17/19. THE SAFETY BENEFIT RATIO WAS CALCULATED TO BE 3.18.