Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing concrete patching and shoulder work requiring closures of the
southbound ramps at the Route 60 (Exit 60) interchange in Robinson and Kennedy
townships, Allegheny County will begin Monday night, July 29 weather permitting.
The following ramps
will close to traffic for concrete patching and shoulder work according to the
following schedule:
Northbound Route 60 to
I-79 south
Monday through Friday, July
29-August 2 – 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night
Friday night, August 2 from 7
p.m. continuously through Monday morning, August 5 at 6 a.m.
Monday through Friday, August
5-August 9 – 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night
Southbound I-79 to
Route 60 South/Crafton (Exit 60A)
Monday through Friday, July
29-August 2 – 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night
Friday night, August 2 from 7
p.m. continuously through Monday morning, August 5 at 6 a.m.
Monday through Friday, August
5-August 9 – 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night
Ramp traffic will be
detoured during the work.
Posted Detours
Northbound Route 60 to
I-79 south
Take the I-79 north ramp
Take the Route
51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64) exit
Turn left onto Coraopolis
Road/Route 51 north
Turn left onto the on-ramp to
I-79 south
End Detour
Southbound I-79 to
Route 60 South/Crafton (Exit 60A)
Continue south on I-79
Take the Carnegie (Exit 57)
exit
Turn left onto West Main Street
Turn right onto the ramp to
I-79 north towards Erie
Take the Route 60/Crafton/Moon
Run (Exit 60) exit
End Detour
This work is weather
dependent and may not occur each night.
Work on this $14.97
million highway restoration project in Robinson and Kennedy townships began 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.
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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