Tractor-trailer drivers who drive on Route 93 through Nesquehoning to deliver their products or loads will soon have a longer ride.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced the results of its study regarding Route 93 and the Broad Mountain, the site of three rig crashes in a three-day period early last year, which show that a detour to help prevent further crashes from occurring is needed.Ronald J. Young Jr., district press officer for PennDOT District 5 said that the detour will be put into place in the near future, but said no time frame on the installing the detour signs has been announced yet.The Route 93 truck detour will restrict trucks with 102-inch trailers, the standard size for tractor-trailers, on Route 93 between routes 424 in Hazle Township and 209 in Nesquehoning, Young said.The detour will be as follows:Truckers traveling on Route 93 south will see signs directing trucks to use state routes 424, 309, 54 and 209. This will start in Hazle Township on the Arthur Gardner Parkway. Rig drivers will then follow Route 309 through McAdoo and into Hometown, where 309 meets Route 54.They will then turn onto Route 54 and travel to Route 209 in Nesquehoning.Rigs traveling north will follow the detour in reverse, bypassing Route 93 in Nesquehoning and continuing on Route 209 until they meet Route 54 at the west end of town. They will drive on Route 54 until Hometown before picking up Route 309 and eventually Route 424.Smaller trucks and local deliveries will not be affected by this detour and will still be able to use Route 93 and the Broad Mountain.PennDOT has been evaluating the possibility of creating a detour since last April after three trucks lost their brakes while coming down the Broad Mountain into Nesquehoning.The Broad Mountain can be a truck driver’s nightmare with its 9 percent grade as it winds 2¼ miles before meeting a T-intersection with Route 209.All the drivers failed to pull over before coming down the mountain and only one was able to use the runaway truck ramp.Following the crashes, officials installed additional signs leading up to the hill in hopes of alerting tractor-trailer drivers of the steep descent and the designated truck pull-off area at the top of the mountain.