PennDOT Announces Project to Improve South Fourth Street in Allentown

Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5 announced road restrictions are anticipated to commence Monday (July 9) for a project to improve Route 145/South Fourth Street in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County.

Route 145/South Fourth Street will be improved between Wyoming Street and 400 feet south of Emmaus Avenue.

Motorists should expect nighttime lane restrictions on Route 145/South Fourth Street and allow for extra time traveling through the area. Updates will be provided whenever traffic pattern schedules change.

Work includes roadway milling and paving, adding a center turn lane between Brookdale/South Fifth Street and Wyoming Street, adding a right turn lane from northbound South Fourth Street onto West Emmaus Avenue, adding a left turn lane from West Susquehanna Street onto southbound South Fourth Street, intersection radius improvements at South Fourth and Brookdale/South Fifth streets, constructing Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps, traffic signal upgrades, drainage improvements, and new pavement markings.

Kriger Construction, Inc. of Scranton, PA is the general contractor on the $7,368,850 project, which is expected to be complete in October 2026.

This section of Route 145/South Fourth Street has an average daily traffic volume of 19,582 vehicles.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Ronald J. Young, Jr., 610-871-4555, [email protected]; Sean A. Brown, 610-871-4556, [email protected].

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