PennDOT Ice Road Announcements and Church Cancellations

Amazing Grace Community Church will be going virtual on zoom Sunday morning. If you would like a link, please call 844-374-2422 ASAP.

Bloomsburg Christian Church – Worship Services, youth Group and Sunday School cancelled

Calvary Baptist Church of Bloomsburg– Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Catawissa Avenue United Methodist Church Sunbury – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Christ Episcopal Church, Milton – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Christ Lutheran Church Lewisburg – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Christ United Methodist Church, Northumberland – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Clark’s Grove United Methodist Church Irish Valley, Services Cancelled, Sermon will be on Facebook page @ 10:00 AM

Emmanuel Bible Fellowship Church, Sunbury – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Emmanuel Lutheran Church – Hunter Station (PA) 10:30am – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled.  We will have a service tomorrow online beginning at 10:30 at www.emmanuellutheranchurch-dornsife.org

Himmels Church, Dornsife – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Revival Tabernacle will not have its morning services on January 9th at 9 AM or 10 AM.   However, tomorrow evening at 6 PM we will have evening services.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Northumberland – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Otterbein United Methodist Church Sunbury – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Trinity Lutheran Church, Danville – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

St. Elias Reformed Church, Sunbury– Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

St. John Lutheran Church, Northumberland– Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

St. Mark Church Northumberland – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Stonington Baptist church of Paxinos will cancel the morning worship service, but will hold evening service.

Sunbury Bible Church cancelled services but will have the Facebook Live service at 9:15am

United Lutheran Church, Sunbury – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Zion Lutheran Church, Kratzerville – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled. Online worship via Zoom will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Zion Lutheran Church, Turbotville– Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury – Worship Services and Sunday School cancelled

 

 

 

From PennDOT:

Vehicle Restrictions Anticipated, Motorists Urged to Avoid Unnecessary Travel in Coming Weather Event

 

Harrisburg, PA – Ahead of frozen precipitation and potentially icy roadway conditions in most of the state tonight, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) are advising motorists to avoid unnecessary travel during the storm. Additionally, the agencies anticipate implementing various speed and vehicle restrictions throughout the storm.

 

Restrictions will be communicated via variable message boards, the 511PA traveler information website and smartphone apps. Motorists can also sign up for personalized alerts on the website.

 

Effective at 10:00 PM, vehicle restrictions are planned for the following roadways at Tier 1 of the commonwealth’s weather event vehicle restriction plan:

  • Interstate 70 from the PA Turnpike to the West Virginia border; and
  • The entire length of I-79.

 

Effective at 11:00 PM, a Tier 4 restriction is planned on the PA Turnpike I-76 (Mainline) in both directions from Cranberry (Exit 28) to Breezewood (Exit 161).

 

Effective at midnight, Tier 3 and Tier 4 restrictions are planned for the following roadways:

  • I-70 from the Maryland border to the PA Turnpike (Tier 3);
  • The entire length of I-99 (Tier 4); and
  • I-80 from I-79 to I-81 (Tier 4).

 

Effective at 2:00 AM, Tier 3 and Tier 4 restrictions are planned for the following roadways:

Tier 3

  • The entire length of I-83;
  • The entire length of I-84;
  • The entire length of I-176;
  • U.S. 22 from I-78 to the New Jersey border; and
  • U.S. 33 from I-80 to I-78.

 

Tier 4

  • The entire length of I-78;
  • The entire length of I-81;
  • The entire length of I-180;
  • The entire length of I-380;
  • I-80 from I-81 to the New Jersey border; and
  • PA Turnpike I-76 (Mainline) in both directions from Breezewood (Exit 161) to Reading (Exit 286).

 

Effective at 5:00 AM Tier 4 restrictions are planned on the PA Turnpike I-76 (Mainline) in both directions from Reading (Exit 286) to Bensalem (Exit 351) as well as the full length of I-476 (Northeastern Extension) in both directions.

 

Under Tier 1 restrictions, the following vehicles are not permitted on affected roadways:

  • Tractors without trailers;
  • Tractors towing unloaded or lightly loaded enclosed trailers, open trailers or tank trailers;
  • Tractors towing unloaded or lightly loaded tandem trailers;
  • Enclosed cargo delivery trucks that meet the definition of a CMV;
  • Passenger vehicles (cars, SUV’s, pickup trucks, etc.) towing trailers;
  • Recreational vehicles/motorhomes;
  • School buses, commercial buses and motor coaches; and
  • motorcycles.

 

On roadways with Tier 3 restrictions in place, no commercial vehicles are permitted EXCEPT loaded single trailers with chains or approved Alternate Traction Devices. Additionally, all school buses, commercial buses, motor coaches, motorcycles, RVs/motorhomes and passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, etc.) towing trailers are not permitted on affected roadways while restrictions are in place.

 

On roadways with Tier 4 restrictions in place, no commercial vehicles are permitted. Additionally, all school buses, commercial buses, motor coaches, motorcycles, RVs/motorhomes and passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, etc.) towing trailers are not permitted on affected roadways while restrictions are in place.

 

PennDOT urges motorists to avoid travel if possible. If travel is necessary, use caution, reduce speeds and be aware of changing weather conditions. PennDOT pre-treated roadways where necessary ahead of this week’s storm to help prevent ice from forming a bond with the pavement during the early stages of a storm. However, salt is not a silver bullet, and drivers may encounter icy spots on the roadway. With freezing temperatures, roads that look wet may actually be icy, and extra caution is needed when approaching bridges and highway ramps where ice can form without warning.

 

To help make decisions regarding winter travel, motorists are encouraged to “Know Before You Go” by checking conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. Users can also see plow truck statuses and travel alerts along a specific route using the “Check My Route” tool.

 

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts.

 

 

 

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