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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing ramp improvement work at the I-376 (Beaver Valley Expressway) Monaca/Shippingport Route 18 interchange in Potter Township, Beaver County will continue Monday, May 1 weather permitting.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, the ramp from westbound I-376 to Route 18 at the I-376 Monaca/Shippingport (Exit 39) interchange will close to traffic continuously through the evening of Wednesday, May 10 for improvement work.

Ramp traffic will be detoured to allow crews from Lindy Paving to conduct milling and paving operations, inlet adjustments, signage improvements, and pavement marking installation. Additionally, lane restrictions will occur on Route 18 as needed.

Posted Detour

Westbound I-376 to Route 18

• Continue westbound on I-376 past the closed ramp

• From westbound I-376, take the ramp for West 68 toward Midland (Exit 38A)

• Merge onto westbound Route 68

• Take the ramp for East I-376 toward Pittsburgh

• From eastbound I-376 take the Monaca/Shippingport (Exit 39) off-ramp to Route 18

• End detour

PennDOT is not involved in this work and is providing this information as a public service announcement only. For additional information contact Eric Yauger at 724-336-1400.

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.

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Contact: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov

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