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...
View ArticleSuppliers 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...
View ArticleSpeed 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.
View ArticlePa. 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...
View ArticleFatal 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...
View ArticlePennDOT 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.
View ArticlePennDOT 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.
View ArticleLights 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...
View Article'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...
View Article50-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...
View ArticlePa. 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...
View ArticleSouthbound 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.
View ArticlePa. 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.
View Article50-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...
View ArticlePa. 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...
View ArticleSouthbound 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.
View ArticleLane 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...
View ArticleFirst 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.
View Article14,000 draft notices sent to men born in 1800s
No, the United States isn't trying to build a military force of centenarians.
View ArticlePennDOT 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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