Route 51 Ramp to Southbound I-79 Closure Friday Night Through Sunday Morning in Robinson Township

The ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 to southbound I-79 will close to traffic from 7 p.m. Friday night through 6 a.m. Sunday morning to allow crews to conduct concrete slab replacement work. Ramp traffic will be detoured.

Additionally, the Neville Island (Exit 65) ramp that carries traffic from northbound I-79 to Grand Avenue will reopen to traffic at 7 p.m. Friday, November 15 in order to accommodate the detour route for the Route 51 to southbound I-79 ramp closure. The ramp could reopen to traffic earlier if work is completed sooner.

Posted Detour

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 included 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, 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.

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