I-79 Overnight Ramp Work Continues Next Week in Allegheny County

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Pittsburgh, PA - PennDOT District 11 is announcing concrete patching and shoulder work requiring closures of various ramps at the Route 60 (Exit 60) interchange in Robinson and Kennedy townships, Allegheny County will continue Tuesday night, September 3 weather permitting.

​The following ramps will close to traffic weeknights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for concrete patching through late September:

• Route 60 ramp to northbound I-79

• Northbound I-79 ramp to Route 60

• Southbound Route 60 to southbound I-79

Ramp traffic will be detoured during the work.

Posted detours

Route 60 ramp to northbound I-79

• From Route 60, take the ramp to southbound I-79 toward Washington

• Take the Carnegie off-ramp (Exit 57)

• Turn left West Main Street

• Turn right onto the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

• Follow northbound I-79 back to the Route 60 interchange

• End detour

Northbound I-79 ramp to Route 60

• Continue on northbound I-79 past the closed ramp

• Take the Route 51 Coraopolis/McKees Rocks off-ramp (Exit 64)

• Turn left onto Route 51

• Turn left onto the ramp to southbound I-79 toward Washington

• From southbound I-79, take the Moon Run off-ramp (Exit 60B) to northbound Route 60 or the Crafton off-ramp (Exit 60A) to southbound Route 60

• End detour

Southbound Route 60 to southbound I-79

• From southbound Route 60, turn left onto the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

• Take the Route 51 Coraopolis/McKees Rocks off-ramp (Exit 64)

• Turn left onto Route 51

• Turn left onto the ramp to southbound I-79 toward Washington

• Follow southbound I-79 to the Route 60 interchange

• 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.

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Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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