Geisinger Health System
07/15/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/15/2024 13:19
Geisinger Medical Center road project moves to next phase; temporary traffic pattern set in front of hospital
DANVILLE, Pa. -
Geisinger Medical Center will soon move to the next phase of its road relocation project on Medical Center Drive in front of the hospital. Starting July 22, weather permitting, the lower loop of Medical Center Drive, closest to the Pine Barn Inn, will be closed to all public traffic.
Geisinger Medical Center will soon move to the next phase of its road relocation project on Medical Center Drive in front of the hospital. Starting July 22, weather permitting, the lower loop of Medical Center Drive, closest to the Pine Barn Inn, will be closed to all public traffic.
Drivers will still be able to access the Abigail (main) entrance, valet parking and the Foss Clinic entrance by entering Medical Center Drive near Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital. Once vehicles pass the Foss Clinic, traffic will be directed to exit the campus around the west end of the hospital, past the Henry Hood Center for Health Research and toward the emergency room near the back of the hospital.
Traffic should continue around the hospital on North Academy Avenue and exit the campus on Bloom Road. Signs will direct drivers through the detour. This temporary traffic pattern is expected to remain in place for several months through the fall.
The full project - which is expected to be complete in early 2025 - will remove the one-way continuous loop in front of the medical center. That loop will be replaced with a two-way street featuring separate drop-off loops for patients, public transportation and valet parking. The reconfigured road will feature a more efficient traffic pattern and is part of Geisinger's larger campus improvement plan.
The Danville hospital's public entrances, including the Abigail and Foss Clinic entrances, will remain open throughout most of the road project. Geisinger will communicate updates in future phases. When possible, visitors should use alternate hospital entrances, such as the Hospital for Advanced Medicine, to alleviate traffic in the front of the hospital.
Visitors should allow extra time when traveling to the hospital in case of construction delays, and drivers should be alert for new traffic patterns throughout the project. Geisinger Medical Center operations will continue as normal inside the facility.
Pine Barn Inn operations will also continue as normal throughout the roadwork project.
The road project is part of Geisinger's overall work to improve the Danville campus for a better patient and care experience, which includes the future construction of an 11-story patient tower in the front of the hospital.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation's leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the nonprofit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 126 care sites - including 10 hospital campuses - and Geisinger Health Plan, with more than half a million members in commercial and government plans. Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania's largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $15 billion to the state's economy. On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country. Learn more at geisinger.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.