Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
reminding motorists 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 tonight, 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
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: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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