Route 65 Culvert Replacement Begins Monday in North Sewickley

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing culvert replacement work requiring a long-term closure of a portion of Route 65 (Mercer Road) in North Sewickley Township, Beaver County will begin Monday, June 10 weather permitting.

Culvert replacement work will begin at 8 a.m. Monday on Route 65 between Bologne Valley Road and Oakland Drive. To allow the work to occur, a full closure of a portion of Route 65 will close to traffic around-the-clock through 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 7. Traffic will be detoured.

Posted Car Detour

North of the Closure

  • From Route 65, take Route 588 (Concord Church Road) eastbound
  • Turn right onto Concord Circle Road (Route 1029)
  • Turn right onto Wises Grove Road (Route 1014)
  • Follow Wises Grove Road back to Route 65
  • End detour

South of the Closure

  • Same detour in the opposite direction

Posted Truck Detour

North of the Closure

  • From Route 65, take Route 588 (Bennetts Run Road) westbound
  • Bennetts Run Road becomes 2nd Avenue
  • Turn right and cross the Eastvale Bridge over the Beaver River
  • Turn left onto South 18/West 588 (7th Avenue)
  • Cross the New Brighton Beaver Falls Bridge over the Beaver River
  • Turn left onto Route 65 (5th Street)
  • End detour

South of the Closure

  • From Route 65 (5th Street) in New Brighton Borough, turn onto northbound 5th Avenue
  • Cross the New Brighton Beaver Falls Bridge onto 7th Avenue
  • Turn right onto eastbound Route 588 and cross the Eastvale Bridge
  • Follow eastbound Route 588 (2nd Avenue/Bennetts Run Road) back to Route 65
  • End detour

The culvert replacement work is part of the $6.23 million Route 65 improvement project which also includes milling and resurfacing, base repairs, guide rail updates, drainage improvements, structure replacement over Bennetts Run, sign and pavement markings, ADA ramps, signal updates, and other miscellaneous construction between Route 18 (Third Avenue) in New Brighton Borough and Route 588 (Bennetts Run Road) in North Sewickley Township. Work began in March 2023. Overall work will conclude in the spring of 2025.