Interstate 79 Wexford Interchange Beam Placement Work Continues Next Week in Allegheny County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that beam placement work on Interstate 79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough in Allegheny County will continue Monday through Thursday nights, July 13th-July 16th, weather permitting.

The following restrictions are expected to occur between 7:00 PM and 6:00 AM for beam placement work, according to the schedule listed below:

Monday, July 13

  • The northbound I-79 off-ramp to Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) will close and traffic will be detoured.
  • Northbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) off and on-ramps.
  • There will be 30-minute traffic stoppages four times throughout the night on northbound I-79.

Tuesday, July 14

  • I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic in both directions between the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) off and on-ramps.

Wednesday and Thursday, July 15-16

  • Northbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) off and on-ramps.
  • There will be 30-minute traffic stoppages four times throughout the night on northbound I-79. During the traffic stoppages, all northbound traffic will be stopped and access to the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) off-ramp will be closed. Access to the ramp will reopen when traffic is released.

Local police will control traffic at signalized intersections during those closures and detours.

Posted Detour

Northbound I-79 off-ramp to Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73)

  • From northbound I-79, continue past the closed ramp
  • Take the south 19/Warrendale (Exit 75) exit
  • Turn left onto Warrendale Bayne Road
  • Turn left to take on-ramp to I-79 south
  • Take the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) exit
  • End detour