HARRISBURG – Four roadway projects in Frankling County totaling $39.5 million are among the $402 million in new projects in 2025 for improving roads, bridges, pedestrian pathways and related infrastructure in the eight-county south central Pennsylvania area, according to Mike Carroll, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Carroll said that the new funds go along with more than $544 million in projects continuing from 2024, for a total investment of over $947 million in the region spanning Frankling, along with Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. This investment includes rehabilitating, reconstructing and resurfacing 121 miles of highways and working on 16 bridges throughout the region.
The Franklin County projects include:
- Interstate 81 resurfacing project in Antrim Township. $17.8 million.
- Route 997 double roundabout project in Washington Township. $6.2 million.
- Route 11 bridge replacement project in Southampton Township and Shippensburg Borough. $12.9 million.
- Route 75 resurfacing in Mercersburg Borough. Estimated construction cost $2.6 million.
- And pedestrian countdown signal upgrades, select tree trimming and other miscellaneous construction, along various routes in various municipalities in not only Franklin but Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties, with a combined pricetag of $3.3 million.
