Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing an overnight lane closure on the southbound Interstate 79 local lane
in Glenfield, Sewickley Hills, and Franklin Park boroughs and Ohio and Aleppo
townships, Allegheny County will occur Tuesday night, May 9 weather permitting.
The southbound I-79
local lane (right-hand lane) between I-279 and the Neville Island Bridge will
close to traffic from 7 p.m. Tuesday night through 6 a.m. Wednesday morning to
allow crews to conduct deck placement work on the bridge over Red Mud Hollow Road.
All southbound I-79 traffic will use the crossed over express lane (left-hand
lane).
Southbound I-79
traffic will not be able to access the Mt. Nebo Road (Exit 68) and the
Emsworth/Sewickley Route 65 (Exit 66) interchanges. Traffic to those exits will
be detoured.
Posted Detour
Southbound I-79 traffic will
take the Neville Island (Exit 65) off-ramp
Turn right onto Grand Avenue
Take the ramp to northbound
I-79
From northbound I-79 follow to
the Emsworth/Sewickey or Mt. Nebo Road interchanges
End detour
The work is part of
the $26.49 million I-79 improvement project. Improvements include four bridge
deck replacements, one bridge preservation, milling and resurfacing,
preservation work on seven sign structures, installation of five new ITS signs,
guide rail improvements, signage updates, and pavement marking installation.
Crossovers will occur on southbound I-79 in 2023 for bridge deck replacement
work. The majority of the project will conclude in early 2024.
The prime contractor
is the Joseph B. Fay Company. Work on this project will be coordinated with
other projects in the area.
To help keep motorists
informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for
the I-79 Neville Island Bridge rehabilitation including traffic advisories and
construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov.
Please write “Subscribe – I-79” in the subject line.
Motorists can check
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.
511PA is also
available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by
calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA
website.
CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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