PennDOT

Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo said a recent inspection of the span revealed 'advanced deterioration of load carrying members.'

The Skinner Falls Bridge stands another day, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start tearing down the historic Skinners Falls Bridge on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Plan should be complete by 2028, when Amtrak hoped the service might begin.

When PennDOT was researching cost effective ways to replace the two bridges that carry Interstates 84 and 380, they discovered an old, out-of-use railroad bridge beneath the highway. By this spring or early summer that E&WV bridge will be repurposed again into a small section of an over 3-mile hiking trail maintained by Lackawanna County.

Residents to honor historic bridge before demolition. After a five-year stalemate, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Gov. Josh Shapiro announced they will demolish the Skinners Falls Bridge by winter’s end.

By the numbers, 2024 has been a big year for PennDOT's Engineering District 4 in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Caitlin McGarry was a youth swim coach, civil engineer and a beloved Schuylkill Haven native. The Caitlin McGarry Memorial Bridge was named in her honor – it was one of the last projects she worked on.

The highway has remained closed since heavy rains led to a December 2022 rockslide along Mount Minsi. U.S. Rep. Cartwright brought agencies to the table to break impasse.

Though signed into law this month, Pennsylvania's new distracted driving law won't formally take effect for a year, with warnings instead of tickets until June 2026.