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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a short-term closure of the Sewickley Bridge (Route 4025) in Moon Township and Sewickley Borough, Allegheny County will occur tonight, Saturday night, September 30 weather permitting.

The Sewickley Bridge will close to traffic in both directions from 8 p.m. to approximately 6 a.m. Sunday morning. (Note: The bridge was to reopen to traffic at midnight, however, due to unforeseen dam repair issues the closure was extended)  The bridge will reopen to traffic once the repair has been completed.

Crews from JET Excavating Company will conduct repair work on an expansion dam on the bridge. All bridge traffic will be detoured.

Detours

From Sewickley

• Motorists will take Route 65 southbound

• Take the left-hand ramp to I-79 toward Erie/Washington

• Take the left-hand ramp to South I-79 toward Washington

• Merge onto southbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge

• Take the Neville Island to Route 51 (Exit 65) off-ramp

• Turn left onto Grand Avenue

• Cross the Coraopolis Bridge

• Turn right onto northbound Route 51 (Fourth Avenue)

• Follow northbound Route 51 back to the Sewickley Bridge

• End detour

From Moon Township

• Motorists will take Route 51 southbound

• Take the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

• Merge onto northbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge

• Take the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley (Exit 66)

• Continue following the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley

• Take the ramp to North 65 toward Sewickley

• Merge onto northbound Route 65 and follow back to the Sewickley Bridge

• End detour

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Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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