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Corbett signs $2.3 billion Pa. transportation bill

SPRING MILLS, Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill Monday that will pump billions of dollars into improvements to Pennsylvania's highways, bridges and mass-transit systems, a major achievement...

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Suppliers say Pa. fuel tax hike to hit pump prices

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania's new transportation law will raise fuel taxes Jan. 1 and companies that supply gas and diesel in Pennsylvania say razor-thin profit margins leave them little...

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Speed blamed for fiery tanker truck crash on I-81

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Excessive speed caused the fiery tanker truck crash at an interstate interchange in Harrisburg earlier this year, the Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday.

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Pa. transportation chief defends new road-revenue

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch said Wednesday that opposition to a new law that raises billions of dollars in higher fees and taxes to fund transportation needs has...

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Fatal crash shows perils of Amish buggies on roads

PITTSBURGH - The fatal crash of a truck tractor into a horse-drawn Amish buggy over the weekend underscored the continuing danger faced by those who travel the state's rural roads in animal-driven...

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PennDOT testing beet juice on icy roads in W. Pa.

BUTLER, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is experimenting with beet juice as a way to treat icy roads in especially cold weather.

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PennDOT says it's been helping with salt shortages

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says it's supplied about 6,000 tons of road salt to municipalities that have run short this winter.

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Lights out for 1M as winter storm slams Northeast

More than a million homes and businesses were left in darkness and cold Wednesday after snow, sleet and freezing rain moved into the Northeast. The region's second winter storm of the week canceled...

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'Oh, not again': Northeast is hit by another storm

PHILADELPHIA - Yet another storm paralyzed the Northeast with heavy snow and sleet Thursday, giving the winter-weary that oh-no-not-again feeling, while hundreds of thousands across the ice-encrusted...

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50-vehicle crash closes I-80 in Pennsylvania

SHAWVILLE, Pennsylvania - A chain-reaction crash involving an estimated 50 vehicles, most of them tractor-trailers, on icy Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania forced the closure of westbound lanes...

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Pa. to address road salt shortage by hitting road

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is sending commercial haulers to Delaware to pick up 20,000 tons of recently purchased road salt - a commodity in high demand...

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Southbound I-83 in Pa. reopens after drainage fix

NEW FREEDOM, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says southbound Interstate 83 has reopened near the Maryland border after crews fixed a deteriorating drainage pipe.

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Pa. official to discuss transportation in Michigan

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A top Pennsylvania Department of Transportation official will travel to Michigan to discuss how Pennsylvania passed a major transportation funding bill.

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50-vehicle crash closes I-80 in Pennsylvania

SHAWVILLE, Pennsylvania - A chain-reaction crash involving an estimated 50 vehicles, most of them tractor-trailers, on icy Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania forced the closure of westbound lanes...

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Pa. to address road salt shortage by hitting road

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is sending commercial haulers to Delaware to pick up 20,000 tons of recently purchased road salt - a commodity in high demand...

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Southbound I-83 in Pa. reopens after drainage fix

NEW FREEDOM, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says southbound Interstate 83 has reopened near the Maryland border after crews fixed a deteriorating drainage pipe.

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Lane closures planned for I-84 in NY, Pa.

PORT JERVIS, New York - New York state transportation officials say an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 84 on the Pennsylvania border will be reduced to one lane in each direction as work gets underway...

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First wave of PennDOT fee increases about to land

ERIE, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvanians will soon be paying higher fees for a host of motor vehicle and driver services from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

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14,000 draft notices sent to men born in 1800s

No, the United States isn't trying to build a military force of centenarians.

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PennDOT selling century-old bridge across Delaware

SHOHOLA, Pennsylvania - A 504-foot bridge that has spanned the Delaware River in rural northeastern Pennsylvania for more than a century is up for sale.

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