Final work on PennDOT’s U.S. Route 322/Potters Mills Gap project is set to begin next week.
Beginning Monday, local access road Route 2015 (Old Route 322) will be closed from Route 144 to Crowfield Road.
The majority of the multi-year, three-phase project was completed in fall 2020, and with through traffic now using the new Route 322 alignment, completion work this year will take place on Route 2015.
As a result of the Route 2015 closure:
• Motorists traveling on Route 322 east to Decker Valley Road or Crowfield Road will be required to use the Sand Mountain Road exit.
• Motorists traveling on Route 322 west to Route 144 will need to use the new Potters Mills exit.
Drivers should follow directional signs through the project, as GPS information does not appear to be updated and may direct drivers to the wrong route, according to PennDOT.
The $96 million Potters Mills Gap project began in 2015 with a first phase that constructed the new bridge at Sand Mountain Road.
Phase two work created the new local interchange on Route 322 at Sand Mountain Road. Phase three, which makes up $84 million of the total project cost, reconstructed Route 322 from Sand Mountain Road to Potters Mills, including a new Route 322/Route 144 intersection.
Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. of State College is the contractor on the third phase.
