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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$96,094,607

Department of Transportation·Federal Highway Administration

to PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ACTION DATE2026-03-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JJ22330000Y001PAT085229_069
Award description

PROJECT TITLE: I-83 EAST SHORE SECTION 3 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE SR 0083 SECTION 079 PROJECT EXTENDS ON I-83 FROM THE 19TH STREET (SR 3007) INTERCHANGE TO 29TH STREET (SR 3013) AND CONSISTS OF THE WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING 24 FOOT CEMENT CONCRETE AND BITUMINOUS ROADWAY, CONSISTING OF NEW SUPERPAVE PAVEMENT 36 FEET IN WIDTH AND FULL DEPTH PAVED SHOULDERS, 24 FOOT COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTOR ROADWAYS, ACCEL/DECEL LANES, RAMPS AND SIDEROADS, UPGRADE TO THE 19TH STREET (SR 3007) PARTIAL INTERCHANGE AND ONE NEW FULL INTERCHANGE AT CAMERON STREET (SR 0230), AND REMOVAL OF ONE EXISTING FULL INTERCHANGE AT 13TH STREET. ROADWAY AND STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCLUDED ON CAMERON STREET (SR 0230), 19TH STREET (SR 3007) AND 29TH STREET (SR 3013). ALSO INCLUDED ARE: EMBANKMENT BENCHING AND SLIVER FILLS, REPLACEMENT OF A ONE-SPAN BRIDGE AND A TWO-SPAN BRIDGE WITH A PROPOSED THREE-SPAN BRIDGE, REPLACEMENT OF A TWO-SPAN BRIDGE WITH A PROPOSED ONE-SPAN BRIDGE, REPLACEMENT OF A ONE-SPAN BRIDGE WITH A PROPOSED TWO-SPAN BRIDGE, REMOVAL OF A THREE-SPAN BRIDGE AND REPLACEMENT WITH EMBANKMENT, REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF EXISTING BRIDGES, FIVE PROPOSED RETAINING WALLS, ONE PROPOSED RETAINING WALL WITH STRUCTURE MOUNTED SOUND BARRIER, TWO PROPOSED GROUND MOUNTED SOUND BARRIERS, TWO PROPOSED MOMENT SLABS WITH TOE WALLS, FOUR PROPOSED OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES, GUIDERAIL, DRAINAGE, POLLINATOR GARDEN, HIGHWAY LIGHTING, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION, ALL CONTAINED WITHIN AN OVERALL PROJECT LENGTH OF 9,950.00 LINEAR FEET (1.884 MILES) FOR STATE ROUTE 0083, SECTION 079, IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, CITY OF HARRISBURG, SWATARA TOWNSHIP, PAXTANG BOROUGH, FROM A POINT 800 FEET WEST OF THE CAMERON STREET UNDERPASS AT SEGMENT 0424/0425 OFFSET 0974/0974 TO THE 29TH STREET OVERPASS AT SEGMENT 0444/0445 OFFSET 1432/1406.

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In plain English

Funds widening, reconstruction, and interchange improvements on I-83 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, including pavement, bridges, and safety features.

Sub-sectors
highway-infrastructurefhwa-formula-grantinterstate-reconstruction
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure modernization on a major interstate corridor serving regional commerce and mobility in the Mid-Atlantic.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for concrete, asphalt, steel, signage, and construction services from regional and national suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002688.

Period of performance
Start
End
2029-04-25
Status
activein 1074 days
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