Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

This undated selfie provided by her family shows Leslie Gingrich, who died in a motorcycle crash on Route 895 near Auburn, Pa, in Schuylkill County, on June 4, 2022. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is facing questions from the victim's family and others about whether its faulty work on that road caused the crash. (Leslie Gingrich via AP)

Family blames fatal wreck on PennDOT’s failure to fix ditch

AUBURN, Pa. (AP) — Matt Neidlinger crested the hill of a narrow, twisty state road and found a nasty surprise waiting for him at the bottom.

Workers use ladders placed along the sides of the bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday as they work to remove it during the recovery process on Monday Jan. 31, 2022 in Pittsburgh's East End. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Officials: Bridge not bad enough to close after inspection

FILE - This file photo provided by the Tempe Police Department shows an Uber SUV after hitting a woman on March 18, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz. Nearly eight months after one of its autonomous test vehicles hit and killed an Arizona pedestrian, Uber wants to resume testing on public roads. The company has filed an application with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to test in Pittsburgh, and it has issued a lengthy safety report pledging to put two human backup drivers in each vehicle and take a raft of other precautions to make the vehicles safe. Company officials acknowledge they have a long way to go to regain public trust after the March 18 crash in Tempe, Arizona, that killed Elaine Herzberg, as she crossed a darkened road outside the lines of a crosswalk. (Tempe Police Department via AP, File)

Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads

Review slated for 5 bridges sharing design of collapsed span

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has ordered structural reviews of five other bridges with similar construction to the Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed Friday

PennDOT moves to bar company in theft case from state work

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highway agency wants to prevent a major heavy equipment contractor from doing state work for up to three years because it pleaded no contest to theft after being accused of illegally diverting money and other benefits from its workers.

PennDOT Lifts Commercial Vehicle Ban On Some NEPA Roads

DUNMORE — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials have lifted the commercial vehicle ban on several area roads, including Interstate 81 and the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

PennDOT Plans Guiderail Updates

In line with changing federal standards for guiderail and guiderail end treatments, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced a new long-range plan to upgrade these devices across the roughly 40,000-mile state-maintained highway network.

PennDOT Lifts Commercial Vehicle Restriction On Interstate 84 Westbound, Other Roads

DUNMORE — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation lifted the commercial vehicle ban on Interstate 84 westbound, though the restriction remains on the road’s eastbound lanes.