Sewickley Bridge to close this weekend for repairs

Lonni Rivera
·2 min read

If your weekend drive normally takes you on the Sewickley Bridge, plan for detours as PennDOT does repair work.

The bridge will close to traffic in both directions from 9 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday morning.

Drivers will have to detour around the bridge, which spans across the Ohio River between Sewickley and Moon townships.

Crews plan to repair an expansion dam on the bridge.

Detours:

From Sewickley

  • Motorists will take Route 65 southbound

  • Take the left-hand ramp to I-79 toward Erie/Washington

  • Take the left-hand ramp to South I-79 toward Washington

  • Merge onto southbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge

  • Take the Neville Island to Route 51 (Exit 65) off-ramp

  • Turn left onto Grand Avenue

  • Cross the Coraopolis Bridge

  • Turn right onto northbound Route 51 (Fourth Avenue)

  • Follow northbound Route 51 back to the Sewickley Bridge

  • End detour

From Moon Township

  • Motorists will take Route 51 southbound

  • Take the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

  • Merge onto northbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge

  • Take the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley (Exit 66)

  • Continue following the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley

  • Take the ramp to North 65 toward Sewickley

  • Merge onto northbound Route 65 and follow back to the Sewickley Bridge

  • End detour

To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write " Subscribe-I-79″ in the subject line.

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