Beginning at
approximately noon on Tuesday, the Rochester-Monaca Bridge will close to all
vehicular traffic continuously through Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Crews will
conduct expansion dam joint replacements, zone painting, concrete deck overlay,
steel, concrete, sidewalk, barrier and fence repair work, and other
miscellaneous construction activities. Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detours
Northbound Bridge
Traffic
From the bridge, take
Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 4044) eastbound to 17th Street
Turn left onto 17th Street/North Route 51
Cross the East Monaca-Rochester
Bridge
Turn left onto North Route
51/Route 65
Take the exit ramp on the right
for South Route 18/East Route 68 toward Rochester
Continue on Brighton Avenue
Follow the roundabout to Rhode
Island Avenue/South Route 18
Follow Rhode Island Avenue to
the Rochester-Monaca Bridge
End Detour
Southbound Bridge
Traffic
From the bridge, take Rhode
Island Avenue to the Rochester roundabout
Follow the roundabout to
Brighton Avenue toward South Route 65/Route 51
Take the ramp to southbound
Route 65
Continue to the left-hand
off-ramp for South Route 51
Turn right onto the East
Monaca-Rochester Bridge
Turn right onto Pennsylvania
Avenue
Continue westbound to 9th Street
End Detour
Additionally, lane
closures will occur at the intersection of 17th
Street (Route 51) and Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 4044) on Tuesday morning from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to allow crews to conduct line painting and signal work in
advance of the Rochester-Monaca Bridge closure. The restrictions could be
lifted earlier if work is completed sooner.
Bicycle and pedestrian
access will be maintained during the closure.
This $6.69 million
project includes bridge preservation work on the Rochester-Monaca Bridge
between Atlantic Avenue in Monaca Borough and Pleasant Street in Rochester
Borough. Preservation work includes expansion joint replacement, zone painting,
concrete deck overlay, downspout repair and replacement, steel and concrete
repairs, as well as sidewalk, deck, barrier, and fence repairs, pavement
marking upgrades, and other miscellaneous construction activities. This project
is expected to be completed in late 2024.
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: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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