Neville Island Bridge northbound closed this weekend

The final northbound closure on the I-79 Neville Island Bridge in Robinson and Neville townships and Glenfield is happening this weekend.

A full closure was scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Friday and last through 5 a.m. Monday. Crews are making bridge and roadway concrete repairs, patching the roadway, replacing strip seals, jacking the bridge for steel repairs, painting the bridge, and making miscellaneous steel repairs.

PennDOT officials said state police will begin a slow roll on the northbound traffic at the Crafton/Moon Exit 60 interchange and assist the contractor with reducing the roadway to a single lane of traffic.

The posted detour is:

• From northbound I-79, motorists will exit at the Coraopolis/McKees Rocks Exit 64 interchange.

• Turn left onto northbound Route 51 toward Coraopolis.

• Once through Coraopolis, stay in the left-hand lane and follow the signs to Route 65 Sewickley.

• Turn right and cross the Sewickley Bridge.

• Turn right onto southbound Ohio River Boulevard.

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

• At the split, stay straight toward North 79 Erie.

• Follow the 79 North Erie sign by turning left onto Kilbuck Street.

• From Kilbuck Street, take the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie.

A similar closure occurred mid-September.

Closures are part of the $43 million I-79 Neville Island Bridge Rehabilitation Project. The prime contractor is Trumbull Corp.

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