The construction project building the new Route 441 bypass around Columbia Borough in western Lancaster County has reached the stage where it is time to
install bridge beams for the new bridge over Route 30. Motorists are advised that between midnight on Sunday night and 5 AM on Monday, May 18, traffic will be stopped on Route 30 each time that a bridge beam is set in place.

There are five bridge beams, and they are very large – each measuring 6 feet in height and 120 feet in length, and weighing around 37 tons. The contractor will
be using two large cranes – a 500-ton crane and a 225-ton crane — to place the beams.

When it is time to stop traffic in both directions on Route 30 for the placement of each beam, traffic may be stopped between 15 and 30 minutes.

Motorists are encouraged to use Route 462 as an alternate route around each road closure on Route 30.

PennDOT began work in May last year to build the Route 441 bypass on the west side Columbia Borough that will help direct truck traffic away from traveling
through downtown Columbia. PennDOT has contracted with Kinsley Construction, Inc. of York, Pennsylvania, to build the bypass for $11.8 million. The bypass
is scheduled to be finished and open to traffic by October of this year.

SOURCE: PennDOT news release