Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing the 10-day closure of the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51
(Coraopolis Road) to northbound I-79 in Robinson Township, Allegheny County
will begin, Friday, May 10 through Tuesday, May 21 weather permitting.
The ramp carrying
traffic from Route 51 to northbound I-79 will close to traffic from 7 p.m.
Friday night through 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 21 to allow crews to conduct ramp
reconstruction work. Ramp traffic will be detoured. Please use caution when
traveling through the work zone.
Posted Detour
From the closed ramp, head
north on Route 51
Turn right and cross the
Coraopolis Bridge
Continue along Grand Avenue
Take the ramp to northbound
I-79 toward Erie
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
Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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