Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project
| Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by PennDOT (when constructed) | |
| Component highways: |
 US 15 from Shamokin Dam to Union Township PA 61 in Shamokin Dam PA 147 from Shamokin Dam to West Chillisquaque Township
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| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
  US 11 / US 15 / US 522 in Shamokin Dam |
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PA 61 / PA 147 in Shamokin DamUS 15 in Union Township |
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| North end: |
PA 147 in West Chillisquaque Township |
| Highway system | |
The Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project, also known as the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway and often abbreviated CSVT, is a planned highway bypass along the U.S. Route 15 corridor near Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. It has been designated as part of Corridor P-1 of the Appalachian Development Highway System by the Appalachian Regional Commission. If constructed it would carry U.S. 15 and PA 147 over varying stretches of its length, and would involve constructing a new bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and 12.4 miles of new roadway. The first phase of the project, the bridge, is expected to go to bid in August 2015.
Near Selinsgrove, PA, U.S. 11/15 are routed along a freeway-grade bypass. However, just north of the town, at Hummels Wharf, the freeway ends at a partially abandoned interchange with U.S. 522. Here, U.S. 11/15 transfers to surface streets. A bypass around the community was originally planned, but the idea was abandoned in 1978 when funding ran out.
Previously, completion of the bypass had been considered as part of a proposal to extend Interstate 83 from its current terminus at Interstate 81 just north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Interstate 86/NY 17 in Corning, New York, but with the establishment of U.S. 15 north of Williamsport, Pennsylvania as part of the future Interstate 99 corridor, this concept was dropped. Without additional reconstruction of U.S. 22/322 and U.S. 11/15 south of Selinsgrove, the farthest I-83 could currently be extended would be just across the Clarks Ferry Bridge (which currently carries U.S. 22/322 across the Susquehanna River) to an at-grade intersection with PA 849 near Duncannon.
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