The highway opened to traffic on November 25, 2002. The $195 million project was completed in four sections shown in the map below.  Each section was done under a separate contract, with the first section getting underway in January 1999.  

This project involved the construction of a new eight-mile, four-lane, limited access highway - along with new bridges and ramps -- connecting Route 322 (the Mount Nittany Expressway) with the Bellefonte Bypass, south of Interstate 80.  The new highway is designated as U.S. 220 and eventually will be designated as I-99.  Route 26 retains its designation at its existing location along College Avenue and the Bellefonte Bypass.

Please visit this site for background, news and events and individual construction section information.

To learn more about individual construction sections, click on a colored section of the map or choose a section (CO2, AO2. CO3 or CO5) from the navigation bar at the top of this page or the section pages.

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