Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 (Coraopolis Road) to southbound I-79 in Robinson Township, Allegheny County will occur Friday through Sunday, October 27-29 weather permitting.
At 7 p.m. Friday night, the ramp carrying traffic from Route 51 to southbound I-79 will close to traffic through 11 a.m. Sunday morning, October 29 to allow crews to remove the I-79 southbound crossover. Crews will conduct eradication and line painting operations to restore southbound traffic to its original configuration. All southbound I-79 traffic will use the local lane (left-hand lane) until southbound configuration is restored. Please use caution when traveling through the work zone.
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.