Rich Hill Road section will close Monday for slide repairs in West Deer
Landslide repair work will close a section of Rich Hill Road beginning Monday, Aug. 3, PennDOT officials announced Friday.
The landslide occurred between Michael Road/Russellton-Dorseyville Road and Mill Dam Road.
Traffic will be detoured along the following route:
From north of the slide:
• From Michael/Russellton-Dorseyville Road, follow East Union Road;
• Right onto Starr Road;
• Left onto Little Deer Creek Valley Road;
• Right onto Russellton Road;
• Right onto Crawford Run Road;
• Left onto Little Deer Creek Valley Road;
• Right on Lefever Hill Road;
• Right on Rich Hill Road;
• Follow to Mill Dam Road.
The detour from the south is the same, in reverse.
The slide repair is expected to last until late August, according to PennDOT officials.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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