Interstate 81 Scheduled Roadwork- Week of May 22-30

Posted on Friday May 22, 2015

The following work is scheduled for this week on Interstate 81.

Interstate 81:

Special Events:

Exit 188 (Dunmore/Throop) – There will be traffic stoppages on the ramps to and from the highway due to the Lackawanna College Police Academy Protect & Defend 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, May 24 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Please use caution when traveling through this area in order to maintain the safety of all runners/walkers.

The SWB Rail Riders will have home games on the following dates and times. There may be traffic delays at the beginning and end of each game near I-81 Exit 182(Davis Street/Montage Mountain Road):

Thursday, May 21 at 6:35 p.m.
Friday, May 22 at 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 at 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, May 24 at 1:05 p.m.
Friday, May 29 at 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, May 30 at 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, May 31 at 1:05 p.m.

The Montage Mountain Pavilion- Next Concerts are Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 31 at 6 p.m.

Short Term Projects:

S.R. 8005 – Moosic St. Ramp I-81 S.B.-S.B.-Exit 184 – Moosic St – Exit 185 Central Scranton Expressway-Manual Patching-Wednesday May 27, 2015- 7:00 am- 2:00 pm.

N.B. -Lackawanna-Exit 201 E. Benton / Exit 202 Tompkinsville-Bridge Deck Patching- Tuesday, May 26,2015- 7:00 am – 2:00 pm

Southbound-Susquehanna-Exit 217 (Harford) to Lacka. Co. Line-Spray Patching and Crack Sealing-Tuesday, May 26, 2015 -Thursday, May 28, 2015 – 7:00 am to 3:00 pm

Long Term Projects:

I-81 – Lackawanna County – between Exit 180 (Moosic) to Exit 175 (Dupont/Pittston) there will be lane shifts due to reconstruction work to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport Exit including widening of bridges on Interstate 81, rehabilitation of existing bridges over Lidy Road, State Route 315 (Airport Road), and Plane Street, replacement of the pedestrian bridge just north of the Avoca Exit, construction of new exit and entrance ramps, three new roundabouts, construction of two new bridges, and construction of a new roadway. Anticipated completion – November 2015.

I-81 – Luzerne County – Exit 178A (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport) and Exit 178B (Avoca) have now been combined into one exit, Exit 178 (Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport/Avoca).

I-81 – Luzerne County – between Exit 175 (Pittston) to Exit 170 (Wilkes-Barre) there are lane shifts due to reconstruction work on several bridges in both northbound and southbound directions.