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Relocation -
Infrastructure |
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General,
Mon/Fayette
Expressway, F.A.C.T. |
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Fayette County’s transportation
network and accessibility to major markets and urban centers has
been a key factor in its economy since colonial times. Today,
modern expressways, air, rail, and river transportation systems
serve the area. |
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Transportation:
Pittsburgh International
Airport
412-472-3525
63 miles northwest of Uniontown
(Third largest airport in the U.S.)
Connellsville Airport
724-628-2276 or 626-1610
5 miles north of Uniontown
(Serves individuals and businesses with hangars, private
flying and charter service, and two runways up to 4,200.
feet.)
Morgantown WV Airport
304-291-7461
30 miles south of Uniontown
(Provides daily commuter service to Pittsburgh and
Washington, DC.) |
Rail:
One short-line and one
Class One main line railroad are located within the
county, with access to an additional Class One main line
in neighboring Westmoreland County. Amtrak service is
accessed in Connellsville, PA.
Highway
Transportation:
Interstates 68, 70, 76
(Pennsylvania Turnpike), 79, and 80 allow freight
carriers to provide overnight trucking from Fayette
County to more than one-half of the nation’s markets,
including Chicago and New York City. |
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Distance
to Major Markets
(in miles)
Morgantown WV.......28
Pittsburgh, PA ..........48
Cleveland, OH.........178
Harrisburg, PA ........196
Columbus, OH..........193
Baltimore, MD.........201
Washington, DC ......198
Philadelphia, PA......300
Buffalo, NY.............266
Detroit, MI...............325
New York, NY........358
Chicago, IL..............492 |
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Mon/Fayette
Expressway
Completion of the Mon/Fayette
Expressway and Southern Beltway Projects will create about 95
miles of new limited-access roadways to Pittsburgh's south and
west in Allegheny, Washington and Fayette Counties.
The Mon/Fayette Expressway will stretch about 65 miles south
from Pittsburgh through the Monongahela River Valley and western
Fayette County to Interstate 68 in West Virginia, just east of
Morgantown. It will improve access to redevelopment sites in the
economically depressed Mon River towns where the steel industry
once flourished. It also will provide faster and safer travel
options for through traffic, particularly commercial vehicles,
that now use existing north-south arteries such as PA Route 51,
PA Route 88, PA Route 837, and PA Route 857, as well as U.S.
Route 40 (the National Road).
A Record of Decision for the Uniontown-to-Brownsville Area
Mon/Fayette Expressway Project was signed October 18, 2000, by
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA). The selected alignment now undergoes
final design, which is the detailed engineering (including the
drawing of official right-of-way lines) necessary to prepare the
project for construction. Gannett Fleming has been retained by
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to perform final design
management services. Final design for individual construction
sections will be performed by Mackin Engineering, Consoer
Townsend Envirodyne Engineers, L. Robert Kimball &
Associates, Ammann & Whitney, The EADS Group, Frederic R.
Harris, HDR Engineering and HNTB Corporation.
For more information on the
project visit http://www.paturnpike.com/ |
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Fayette Area
Coordinated Transportations (F.A.C.T.) (724) 430-4600
www.factbus.com |
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| Taxi
Services |
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Central
Cab Company
627-6267
Lewis
Limousine
966-7871 or 1-888-966-7871 |
White
Line Taxi
785-8080
Youghiogheny Cab (Taxi)
626-2775 |
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| Bus
Services |
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Edenfield Stages
50 W Main Street
New Salem, PA 15468
245-9511 or 800-245-8600
Brownsville Bus Lines,
Inc.
785-3600
Bute/Oliver Bus Lines
437-3977
Greyhound Bus Lines
15 W Church & Beeson Streets
Uniontown
724-439-1766 or 1-800-231-2222 |
Laidlaw
Transit Inc
RR 3 Box 157E
Smithfield, PA 15478
564-2133 Fax 569-1752
Nelson Bus Lines
628-8660
Spade Bus Lines
329-4795 |
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| Other
Services |
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Community Action Agency
437-6050
Fayette County Veterans
Affairs
430-1241 |
Laurel
Ambulance Service
(Wheelchair Transp.), Connellsville
438-2528 or 628-0505
Mountain Citizens Action
Group
329-4260 |
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