Snowfall overnight Monday into Tuesday morning has caused cancellations and tricky travel conditions around Centre County.
Penn State has canceled classes, activities and non-essential work at University Park through 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The university first delayed the start time to 10 a.m. then noon before extending cancellations to 5 p.m. as snow continued to fall throughout the area.
Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola school districts were closed or had Flexible Instruction Days because of the snow. State College Area School District had a previously scheduled day off.
Speed limits on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania were reduced to 45 mph between exit 97 for Brockway/DuBois to the west and the New Jersey state line to the east as of 11:30 a.m.
In Centre County, a crash involving two tractor-trailers at about 9:40 a.m. at mile marker 148 on I-80 westbound in Snow Shoe Township resulted in secondary crashes and a lane closure until about noon. Nearby at mile marker 131 on I-80 eastbound in Clearfield County, a crash had all lanes closed from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Two more crashes were reported at about 11:50 a.m. at mile markers 144 of of I-80 westbound and 141 of I-80 eastbound in Snow Shoe Township. A lane restriction was in place as of noon.
A lane restriction was in place as of about 12:10 p.m. at mile marker 168 of I-80 westbound in Marion Township for a reported tractor-trailer off the roadway and on its side.
Centre Hall Mountain was temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer jackknifed at about 8:15 a.m. on the 800 block of South Main Street in Spring Township near the American Legion.
Motorists can check travel conditions on state roads at 511pa.com.
About 2 inches of snow had fallen in the State College area by 8 a.m. and about 2 inches more were expected by early afternoon. The National Weather Service at State College issued a winter weather advisory for Centre County from Monday evening until noon on Tuesday.
This story will be updated.
