Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing the closure of the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 (Coraopolis
Road) to southbound I-79 in Robinson Township, Allegheny County will occur
Friday through Sunday, October 27-29 weather permitting.
At 7 p.m. Friday
night, the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 to southbound I-79 will close to
traffic through 11 a.m. Sunday morning, October 29 to allow crews to remove the
I-79 southbound crossover. Crews will conduct eradication and line painting operations
to restore southbound traffic to its original configuration. All southbound
I-79 traffic will use the local lane (left-hand lane) until southbound
configuration is restored. Please use caution when traveling through the work
zone.
Posted Detour
Southbound Route 51 to
Southbound I-79
Head south past the closed ramp
Take the ramp to northbound
I-79
Take the Neville Island (Exit
65) exit
Turn left onto Grand Avenue
Turn left onto the ramp to
southbound I-79
End Detour
Northbound Route 51 to
Southbound I-79
Take the ramp to northbound
I-79
Take the Neville Island (Exit
65) exit
Turn left onto Grand Avenue
Turn left onto the ramp to
southbound I-79
End Detour
This work is part of
the $43.9 million I-79 “S-Bend” Project that includes full-depth pavement
reconstruction, bridge preservation work on five mainline structures (I-79
northbound and southbound over Clever Road, I-79 northbound and southbound over
Route 51, and the Neville Island Bridge). Additionally, there will be milling
and paving of three ramps at the Route 51 (Coraopolis/McKees Rocks)
interchange. The project also includes guiderail replacement, highway lighting
and signing upgrades, new pavement markings and delineation, and other
miscellaneous construction work.
Motorists can check
conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA
website.
Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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