The following road work is scheduled on I-81 this week:
Baseball is back: Please note there will be traffic issues at Davis Street, I-81 and Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, at the beginning and end of the games.
- Home Games This Week: Thursday, July 21, 2016 vs. Durham @ 5:05 p.m.; Friday, July 22, 2016 vs. Durham @ 7:05 p.m.
Concert Season: Various concerts will be happening throughout the summer at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain. Please note there will be traffic issues at Davis Street, I-81 and Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, at the beginning and end of the event.
- Upcoming Concerts This Month: Luke Bryan: Kill the Lights Tour Thursday, July 21, 2016 @ 7 p.m.; Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin Friday, July 29, 2016 @ 6:30 p.m.
Wrong Way Traffic Improvement Project: Work will begin on the $778,000 Safety and Wrong Way Crash Improvement Project in various parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Starting Monday, July 11, 2016, the contractor will start installing pavement markings and delineators. The subcontractor will begin installing signs a few weeks after that. This project includes adding additional signing on off-ramps and upgrading the reflectivity of current signs. This work will occur at non signalized off-ramps on interstates 80, 81, 84 and the Casey Highway. It also includes high friction surface treatments on certain sections of SR 309 in Luzerne County. All work is expected to be completed by September 2016
Short Term Projects:
I-81 Luzerne – Please be advised that there will be crane inspections on I-81 in Luzerne County Northbound on Monday, July 18, 2016 and Southbound on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.
I-81 Susquehanna – There will be pothole patching on I-81 in the southbound lanes from Exit 230 (Great Bend) to Exit 219 (Gibson), from Monday, July 18, 2016 to Thursday, July 21, 2016. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
I-81 Susquehanna – The I-81 Median Guide Rail project in Susquehanna County will be starting on Monday, July 11, 2016 and continue through Friday, July 22, 2016. The contractor will be placing guide rail along the median from the Gibson Exit (Exit 219) to Great Bend/Hallstead Exit (Exit 230). There will be single lane closures starting on Monday on I-81 Northbound just before the Gibson Exit. Lane closures are expected to be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.
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 I-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 September 2016 – $43.01 million.
I-81, Highland Park Blvd. Wilkes-Barre -There will be bridge deck and joint repairs occurring Northbound and Southbound starting May 24, 2016 through July 25, 2016 during the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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.
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.
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 Fall. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by summer of 2017.
I-81 Split *UPDATE* – Please be advised that there will be a traffic switch on I-81 near Exit 175 about 1,000 feet north of the current split near Exit 175. Contractors will implement a similar traffic pattern where the road will split, directing motorists into two lanes separated by a temporary concrete barrier. Motorists will need to stay in their lanes as crews will be doing work in the area between the two lanes. There will still be two lanes of traffic going northbound through this area. This split is expected to be in place until next year.