Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing lane restrictions on northbound Interstate 79 in Robinson and
Kennedy townships, Allegheny County will occur Monday and Tuesday, March 25-26
weather permitting.
A northbound lane
restriction on I-79 between the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B)
interchange and approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Moon
Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) interchange will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each
day. Crews will survey and layout concrete patch work within the work zone.
Additionally, work
will occur in the southbound direction on I-79 when northbound is finished.
Details will be provided in advance of the work. The southbound work will be
coordinated with ongoing litter cleanup efforts.
This is preparatory
work for the I-79 project anticipated to begin Monday, April 1.
Work on this $14.97
million highway restoration project in Robinson and Kennedy townships will
begin in early April 2024. The project begins at the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh
(Exit 59 A/B) interchange and continues approximately one-half mile north of
the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) interchange. The work includes
concrete pavement patching, guide rail and cable barrier replacement, highway
lighting and signing updates, drainage work, pavement markings and other
miscellaneous construction activities on mainline I-79 and ten ramps (four at
the I-376 interchange and six ramps at the Route 60 interchange). There will be
bridge preservation work
on six structures
(northbound and southbound I-79 bridges over I-376, Route 60, and Campbells Run
Road), including concrete deck overlays, replacement of seals at expansion dams
and deck joints, substructure concrete repairs, cleaning of bridge bearings and
spot painting of the northbound and southbound I-79 steel I-beam bridges over
I-376. The majority of the roadway work along mainline I-79 will be performed
under short-term, single-lane closures during nighttime restrictions. There will be long-term lane
restrictions in place for the bridge work, including six weekend-long lane
restrictions. Additionally, there will be milling and paving operations on
Route 60 between Lorish Road and Old Steubenville Pike, preservation work of
six existing sign structures (one on northbound I-79 and five on southbound
I-79) as well as concrete repairs and scour protection of two arch culverts
underneath mainline I-79 and several ramps. The project is anticipated to
conclude in the late spring of 2025.
The prime contractor
is Golden Triangle Construction Company, Inc. 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
I-79 traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email
addresses to nhaney@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 X
alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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