Southbound I 79 Single lane Restriction this Weekend in Allegheny County

​Pittsburgh, PA - PennDOT District 11 is announcing southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic in Kennedy, Robinson, and Neville townships, and Glenfield Borough, Allegheny County beginning Friday night, September 27 through Monday morning, September 30 weather permitting.

Southbound I-79 will be restricted to a single-lane of traffic between the Neville Island Bridge and the Route 60 Crafton/Moon Run (Exit 60 A/B) interchange beginning 7 p.m. Friday night continuously through 6 a.m. Monday morning, September 27-30 to allow crews to conduct milling and paving operations.

Additionally, the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 to southbound I-79 will close to traffic around-the-clock from 7 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday morning to allow crews to accommodate the work occurring on southbound I-79.

Posted Detour

Southbound Route 51 to Southbound I-79

• Head south past the closed ramp

• Take the ramp to northbound I-79

• Take the Neville Island (Exit 65) exit

• Turn left onto Grand Avenue

• Turn left onto the ramp to southbound I-79

• End Detour

Northbound Route 51 to Southbound I-79

• Take the ramp to northbound I-79

• Take the Neville Island (Exit 65) exit

• Turn left onto Grand Avenue

• Turn left onto the ramp to southbound I-79

• End Detour

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.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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.

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Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011

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