The following roadwork is scheduled for this week on Interstate 81:
Special Events:
Baseball is back: Please note there will be traffic issues at Davis St., I-81 and Montage Mountain RD, Moosic at the beginning of the games and completion of games.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 starting at 6:35 p.m.
Thursday, May 12, 2016 at starting at 6:35 p.m.
Friday, May 13, 2016 starting at 6:35 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 2016 starting at 4:05 p.m.
Sunday, May 15, 2016 starting at 1:05 p.m.
Short Term Projects:
The Airport access project, will be milling and paving I- 81 during the next two weeks. There will be alternating single lane closures, between Exit 175 (Dupont) and Exit 180 (Moosic), NB and SB I 81, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Milling will begin Sunday night May 8 and end Friday morning May 13. Paving will start on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. and end Friday, morning May 20 at 6 a.m.
Pothole Patching pm I-81 NB between Exit 206 (Lenoxville) and Exit 211 (New Milford) from Monday May 9, 2016 to Friday May 13, 2016.
There will be overhead sign inspection starting Monday May 9 through May 13, 2016 on I-81 Lackawanna County. Monday, crews will be at set up at mile maker 185-184 (Dunmore) southbound, Tuesday, mile maker 191-195(Dickson City to Clarks Summit) north and southbound, Wednesday, mile maker 189 to 190 (Throop/Dunmore) northbound, Thursday, mile maker 190 to 188 southbound.
Long Term Projects:
I-81, On Monday, March 21, a private contractor for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will begin a $9,982,000 project to replace the decks on 11 bridges on Interstate 81 North and South between Exit 194 (Clarks Summit) and Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompinksville). In order to expedite the project, all northbound work will be conducted simultaneously throughout 2016. All southbound work will be conducted simultaneously in 2017. Traffic will be in a single lane pattern at Exit 194 (Clarks Summit) and then at each bridge location, but will not be a continual single lane pattern throughout the entire length of the project. The locations of the bridges to be replaced are as follows:
2016 – Northbound:
I-81 over Edella Road (just north of the Clarks Summit exit)
Bridge at Exit 199 (Scott)
Bridge at Exit 201 (East Benton)
Two bridges at Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompkinsville)
2017 – Southbound:
Two bridges at Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompkinsville)
Bridge at Exit 201 (East Benton)
Bridge on the Exit 201 (East Benton) southbound onramp (SR 438 to I-81 South)
Bridge at Exit 199 (Scott)
I-81 over Edella Road (just north of the Clarks Summit exit)
In addition to the replacement of the bridge decks, there will be paving of the shoulders, the approaches and on SR 107 under I-81. A temporary lane closure will be in place starting on Monday for preliminary survey work. The permanent single lane patterns will be in place by mid-April.
I-81, Dupont – reconstruct SR 81, Exit 178, and Airport Access Road, Avoca, 3 roundabouts, New on and off ramps, construction of new Navy Way from Terminal Road to Commerce Road (Grimes Industrial Park), Let May 2013, NTP June 2013, To Be Completed July 2016 – $43.01 million.
Update: The roundabout from I-81 Southbound at Exit 178, is now open. The on ramp from the airport to I-81 North is also open.
I-81 Split. As of Thursday, October 15, 2015 motorists heading north on I-81 will need to make a lane decision approximately one mile before Exit 175 (Pittston). Motorists in the right lane will be able to exit at 175. Motorists in the left lane will not be able to access the exit because a contractor will be working in the area between the two lanes. The split pattern will be in place until June 2016. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by summer of 2017.
I-81, Jenkins – I-81 Bridges Jenkins/Pittston, Rehabilitation and improvement of 81 North and South between Exit 170 (Bear Creek/Wilkes-Barre) and Exit 175 (Avoca/Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport), construction of four single span steel plate girder bridges, removal of existing bridges, milling, superpave asphalt wearing course, overhead sign structures, temporary cross overs, drainage, guiderail, temporary concrete barrier, erosion and sediment control measures, pavement markers, temporary traffic control, signing, temporary excavation and support, and other miscellaneous construction, Let January 2014, NTP March 2014, To Be Completed October 2017 – 27.74 million.
I-81, Plains Township – I 81 BDG Rehab Plains/Jen, Rehabilitation and improvement of a section of Highway North and South, replacement of four bridges (two over SR 2020, Jumper Road and two over Sunset Road), bridges widened for two lanes of traffic, excavation, full depth bituminous pavement, drainage, guiderail, temporary concrete barrier, erosion and sediment control measures, pavement markers, temporary traffic control, signing, bridge removal, piles, temporary excavation and support, and other miscellaneous construction, Let March 2013, NTP May 2013, To Be Completed July 2016 – $20.88 million.