Beam setting to begin for Southern Section CSVT

Selinsgrove, Pa. — Construction will be underway next week for a bridge for the Southern Section of the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation (CSVT) project in Snyder County. The bridge that will carry CSVT highway over Grangers Road and is one of nine as part of the $106.4 million contract bid.

From Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 19, the contractor will begin setting bridge beams. Drivers can expect the roadway to be closed in 15-minute intervals while beams are being set.

Work continues on three other structures throughout the project area. Beams are scheduled to be set in late July on the two structures that will connect the CSVT to Route 61 in Shamokin Dam Borough and construction of the abutments and piers continue at the bridge that will carry the CSVT highway over Eleventh Avenue in Monroe Township.

Major earthwork is nearing completion. The contractor, Trumbull Corporation, has completed approximately 4 million of the 4.5 million cubic yards of excavation. The remaining earthwork requires the contractor to cross local roads. Drivers can expect local roads to be controlled by flagging operations during daylight hours where work is being performed.

The CSVT Southern Section involves the construction of roughly six miles of new four-lane, limited access highway connecting Route 15 south of Winfield to Routes 11/15 north of Selinsgrove within Monroe Township and Shamokin Dam Borough in Snyder County. It will include an interchange/connector to Route 61 (the Veterans Memorial Bridge) that leads to the City of Sunbury in Northumberland County.

The first contract was awarded to Trumbull Corporation of Pittsburgh for $115.2 million in the spring of 2022. The contract includes earthwork, drainage structures, erosion and sediment control facilities, construction of the new bridge to carry Sunbury Road over the CSVT highway, and improvements on existing local roads to accommodate the CSVT highway. Work began in the summer of 2022 and is anticipated to be completed by 2025.

The second contract was awarded to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC of Chicago, Illinois, for $106.4 million in the fall of 2023. The contract includes nine new bridges. Seven of the bridges will carry the CSVT highway over Mill Road, Attig Road, Park Road, Stetler Avenue, Eleventh Avenue, the Route 61 Connector, and Grangers Road. The remaining two bridges will carry the Cortland Drive Connector over the Route 61 Connector and the Route 61 Connector over ramps connecting to Routes 11/15. Work began in 2024 and is anticipated to be completed by 2026.

Final design work is ongoing to develop plans for the third contract, which will involve paving the new highway and constructing its interchanges. Bids for that contract are anticipated by early 2026. The Southern Section is anticipated to be opened to traffic in 2027.