Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a traffic shift on I-79 in Kennedy, Robinson, and Neville townships in Allegheny County will begin Thursday, April 27 weather permitting.
The northbound lanes on I-79 between the Route 60 on-ramp and the Neville Island (Exit 65) off-ramp will be reduced to 11-foot widths and shifted toward and onto the right shoulder beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Crews from Lindy Paving, Inc. will perform median and shoulder widening work in preparation for a traffic crossover anticipated to begin late May or early June.
Oversized loads will not be permitted through the work zone.
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.
To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for I-79 including traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – I-79” in the subject line.
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.
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CONTACT: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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