PennDOT lifts speed restrictions on I-79, I-80

PennDOT has lifted the speed limit restrictions it had imposed on Interstate 79 and Interstate 80 due to snow and rain that hit the region Saturday morning.

A 45-mph speed limit had been is in place on I-79 from the Butler and Allegheny County exit (Exit 78) to Erie, which was later scaled back to Interstate 80.

Traffic on Interstate 80 also had the speed restricted from the Ohio line into Clearfield, but that also had been lifted.

PennDOT said earlier that although crews have been treating roadways, the department’s primary goal is to keep roads passable, not completely free of ice and snow.