Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on northbound Interstate 79 in Robinson and Kennedy townships, Allegheny County will occur Monday and Tuesday, March 25-26 weather permitting.
A northbound lane restriction on I-79 between the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchange and approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) interchange will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Crews will survey and layout concrete patch work within the work zone.
Additionally, work will occur in the southbound direction on I-79 when northbound is finished. Details will be provided in advance of the work. The southbound work will be coordinated with ongoing litter cleanup efforts.
This is preparatory work for the I-79 project anticipated to begin Monday, April 1.
Work on this $14.97 million highway restoration project in Robinson and Kennedy townships will begin 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.
To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for I-79 traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to nhaney@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – I-79” in the subject line.
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Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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