Interstate 70 Paving Begins Wednesday in Washington County Significant delays are expected.

​Uniontown, PA - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 is announcing that double-lane restrictions are planned on Interstate 70 from Wednesday, September 18 to Monday, September 30, between Exit 20 (Beau Street) and Exit 18 (North Junction - Pittsburgh) in Washington County.

Only one lane will be open at these locations and times. Motorists can anticipate significant delays and should plan accordingly.

Westbound

• Between Exit 20 (Route 136/Beau Street) and Exit 18 (North Junction - Pittsburgh)
• • Overnight only, 8:00 PM-6:00 AM daily
  • • Wednesday, September 18
    • Thursday, September 19
    • Friday, September 20
  • Around the clock
  • • From 8:00 PM, Saturday, September 21
    • To 6:00 AM, Monday, September 23

Eastbound

• Between Exit 18 (North Junction - Pittsburgh) and Exit 20 (Route 136/Beau Street)
• • Overnight only, 8:00 PM-6:00 AM daily
  • • Wednesday, September 25
    • Thursday, September 26
    • Friday, September 27
  • Around the clock
  • • From 8:00 PM, Saturday, September 28
    • To 6:00 AM, Monday, September 30

Crews from Swank Construction are performing resurfacing and concrete rehabilitation along this and a 2.5-mile span of I-79 in southwestern Pennsylvania -- a $5M infrastructure preservation investment. All work depends on weather and operations.

Work includes concrete patching, dowel retrofit, full-depth corner repair, and spall repair of mainline concrete. Improvements will be made to drainage facilities and earth mounds placed between north and southbound travel lanes. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) will be updated and connected to the regional network. Bridge decks will be repaired, and bridge seals will be replaced. New signing, delineation, and guide rail will be installed on the mainline of I-79. Completion is expected in early November.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, 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 following regional X alerts.

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Information about infrastructure in District 12, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D12Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Laina Aquiline, [email protected] or 724-415-3748

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