(File Photo of the Transportation Security Administration Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is helping travelers reach their destinations to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary of gaining independence. The agency is prepared for the heavy volume of people that will be traveling over the Fourth of July holiday period and they are expecting to screen nearly 18.7 million travelers at U.S. airport security checkpoints between Tuesday, June 30, and Monday, July 6. TSA anticipates the highest passenger volume, which is more than 3 million people, on Thursday, July 2nd.