PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of the ramp from Grand Avenue to northbound I-79 in Neville Township, Allegheny County will begin Monday, March 10 weather permitting.
The ramp that carries traffic from Grand Avenue to northbound I-79 will close to traffic from 6 a.m. Monday continuously through 6 a.m. Monday, March 31 as crews conduct deck repair work. All ramp traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
- From Grand Avenue head westbound
- Continue across the Coraopolis Bridge to Route 51
- Turn right onto northbound Route 51 (4th Avenue)
- Turn left onto Broadway Street
- Turn left onto southbound Route 51 (5th Avenue)
- Continue on southbound Route 51 (5th Avenue becomes State Avenue)
- Turn right onto the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie
- End Detour
Alternate Detour
- From eastbound Grand Avenue, bear right onto Neville Road
- Cross the Ohio River via the Fleming Park Bridge
- Turn right onto northbound Route 51 (Robinson Boulevard) toward Coraopolis
- Continue northbound on Route 51 (Robinson Boulevard becomes Coraopolis Road)
- Turn left onto the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie
- 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 was milling and paving of three ramps at the Route 51 (Coraopolis/McKees Rocks) interchange. The project also included guiderail replacement, highway lighting and signing upgrades, new pavement markings and delineation, and other miscellaneous construction work.
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