PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro begins his first term with high approval ratings, helped by the speed in which the state reopened a collapsed section of Interstate 95, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Shapiro received high marks from 57% of registered voters in Pennsylvania in the Quinnipiac University survey. Just 23% disapproved of his performance in office. He was backed by 84% of Democrats, 53% of independents and even 34% of Republicans.
I-95, the East Coast's major interstate highway, reopened within two weeks after a tractor-trailer carrying gasoline flipped on an exit ramp and caught fire on June 11. The blaze caused a bridge to collapse, severing the expressway. The driver was killed in the crash.
