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Crash in construction zone injures three DOT workers in Hornellsville: NYS Police
Three New York state Department of Transportation workers were injured Wednesday, June 11 when they were struck by a motor vehicle while on the job in the Steuben County Town of Hornellsville. New York State Police said a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder driven by Brooke A. Burdett, 30, of Arkport was southbound on state Route 36 at around 11 a.m. when it struck the DOT workers in an active work zone near county Road 70A. The Pathfinder then collided with a DOT vehicle stationed at the site, troopers said. Two of the workers, ages 52 and 60, were transported by ambulance to St. James Hospital in Hornell. The third, a 30-year-old, was airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. All three are expected to survive, troopers said. One of the workers was in serious condition, according to state Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez. More: Two adults charged after 5-year-old saved from Canisteo River in tubing accident A State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to assist in the investigation. The Route 36 southbound lane was closed and a detour was put in place. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, troopers said. "While the circumstances behind the crash are still under investigation, this irresponsible behavior on the roadway needs to stop," Dominguez said in a statement. "We just lost Highway Maintenance Supervisor Robert Bornt – one of our own – just 12 days ago in a horrific work zone crash, and our entire team is still reeling from this senseless loss of life. I am pleading with the traveling public: SLOW DOWN, MOVE OVER, PAY ATTENTION and please respect the fact that our workers are out on the roadways doing their job – and their job is to keep the traveling public safe. "So, in return, please keep them safe." Email Neal Simon at nsimon@ To get unlimited access to the latest news, please subscribe or activate your digital account today. This article originally appeared on The Evening Tribune: Work zone crash injures three DOT workers in Hornell, Steuben County
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28-01-2025
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East, West Elm Streets near Lackawanna River to close Monday for bridge replacement
SCRANTON — The state Department of Transportation will start on Monday an extended closure of part of Elm Street connecting West Side and South Side, as part of a project to replace the 67-year-old Elm Street Bridge over the Lackawanna River. The project will take until the summer of 2026 to complete, PennDOT spokeswoman Jessica Ruddy said Tuesday. Situated between South Washington Avenue in South Side and Third Avenue in West Side, the 1958 bridge carries two lanes of traffic over the river. Heavily traveled, the bridge has an average daily traffic of about 11,900 vehicles, according to archives of The Times-Tribune. A sign informs vehicles crossing the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton of a road closure on Feb. 3rd. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Connector of East and West Elm Streets, the Elm Street Bridge is posted with a weight limit of 10 tons per vehicle, or 18 tons for combinations of vehicles. Its structural rating for deck, substructure and superstructure has been among the lowest in Lackawanna County for bridges carrying at least 500 vehicles a day. A weight limit sign on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Traffic detours will be required during the bridge project and will use Broadway Street over the Lackawanna River about 2,000 feet north of Elm Street. A temporary pedestrian bridge over the Lackawanna River also will be constructed on the upstream side of the Elm Street Bridge, between the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail on the west side of the river and the levee and Wyoming Avenue behind the South Side Shopping Center on the east side of the river. The structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)A sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton is seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) The small trailhead parking lot along the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail on the west side of the Elm Street Bridge will be closed to vehicles during the bridge replacement project. The bridge replacement project has been in the works for years. A PennDOT Bridge Conditions Report of March 20, 2024, reported there were 34 bridges in Lackawanna County rated in poor condition; and 15 of those were in Scranton. Of those 15, the Parker Street and Elm Street bridges were in the worst condition, both having deck and superstructure conditions rated 2, or critical condition. A replacement of the Parker Street Bridge undertaken last year was completed last week, when that bridge reopened to traffic on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. * Vehicles cross the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. . (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) * A sign informs vehicles crossing the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton of a road closure on Feb. 3rd. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) * A construction crew works near the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) * A pedestrian and her dog cross the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) * The structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * A sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton is seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * A sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton is seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * A sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, and weight-limit signs are seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * Signs inform pedestrians before crossing the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) * The Lackawanna River Heritage Trail where it crosses West Elm Street and a sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton are seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * A sidewalk blocked off to pedestrians on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton is seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * A weight limit sign on the structurally deficient, 1958 Elm Street Bridge in Scranton, seen here on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The bridge will get replaced by PennDOT in a project starting Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and that will take until summer of 2026 to complete. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Show Caption 1 of 13 Vehicles cross the Elm Street Bridge in south Scranton on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. . (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Expand
