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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Rochester Township, PA) PennDOT announced the long-term closure of Route 68 (Adams Street, Virginia Avenue) in Rochester Borough and Rochester Township will begin on Monday, April 6th weather permitting. Route 68 will close between the Rochester Roundabout at Adams Street and Jefferson Street at Virginia Avenue around-the-clock through mid-November beginning at approximately 7:00 A.M. Crews will conduct concrete curb removal and replacement, drainage upgrades, full-depth roadway reconstruction, line painting, shoulder improvements, signal and intersection updates, and other miscellaneous construction activities. Local traffic will have access to both homes and businesses during this construction. Traffic will be detoured, and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here is the detour route for this work:
Posted Car Detour
East of the Closure
- From the Rochester Roundabout, take the North 18/To North 65 exiting point onto Brighton Avenue
- Turn right onto Jefferson Street
- Follow Jefferson Street to Route 68 (Virginia Avenue)
- End detour
West of the Closure
- From Route 68 (Virginia Avenue), turn right onto Jefferson Street
- Turn left onto Brighton Avenue
- Enter the Rochester Roundabout
- End detour
Posted Truck Detour
East of the Closure
- From the Rochester Roundabout, take the Brighton Avenue exiting point toward North 18/To North 65
- From Brighton Avenue, bear left onto West Madison Street
- Turn right onto Delaware Avenue (Route 18)
- Merge onto northbound Route 65/18
- Turn right onto 13th Street
- 13th Street becomes Sunflower Road
- Sunflower Road becomes Marion Hill Road
- Follow Marion Hill Road to Route 68 (Sunflower Road)
- End detour
West of the Closure
- From Route 68 (Sunflower Road), turn onto Marion Hill Road
- Marion Hill Road becomes 13th Street
- Turn left onto southbound Route 65/18 (3rd Avenue)
- Take the left-hand ramp to South 18
- Merge onto Pleasant Street
- Turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue
- Follow Rhode Island Avenue to the Rochester Roundabout
- End detour