The following road work is scheduled for this week on Interstate 81.
Special Events:
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: The Railriders will have home games from Monday, August 15 through August 21. The game on August 15 starts at 5:05 p.m. Games on August 16 through August 20 start at 7:05 p.m. The August 21 game starts at 1:05 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: Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore & Colt Ford – Sunday, August 21, 2016 @ 7 p.m.; Blink 182, A Day To Remember & All Time Low – Thursday, August 25, 2016 @ 7 p.m.
Short Term Projects:
I-81 Lackawanna – The northbound left lane of I-81 between Dunmore/Throop (Exit 188) and Dickson City/Main Ave (Exit 190) will be closed periodically during nighttime hours starting on Sunday night, August 14, 2016 at 8 p.m. and ending Monday morning, August 15, 2016 at 4 a.m. A district signing and lighting contractor will be doing re-lamping of highway lighting.
I-81 Luzerne – There will be a single lane road restriction between Exit 159 (Nuangola) and Exit 168 (Highland Park Blvd. Wilkes-Barre) Tuesday, August 16, 2016 through Thursday, August 18, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day due to pothole patching of delaminated pavement within the corridor.
I-81 Susquehanna – Crews will be doing a bridge inspection and pothole patching in the northbound lanes of I-81 between New Milford (Exit 223) and Great Bend (Exit 230) on Monday, August 15, 2016 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, crews will be doing a bridge inspection and pothole patching in the southbound lanes from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Long Term Projects:
I-81– A private contractor for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) continues work on a $9,982,000 project to replace bridge decks 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 throughout 2016. All southbound work will be conducted in 2017. There will be single lane traffic from Exit 199 to 202 from April through November each year. The locations of the bridges to be replaced are as follows:
2016 – Northbound:
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 at Exit 199 (Scott)
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.
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 – 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. This split pattern will be in place until Fall. NOW IN PLACE: A second split is now in place about 1,000 feet north of the first split near Exit 175 (Pittston). Crews use the split pattern so they can do work in the middle lane while still maintaining two lanes of traffic on I-81. Motorists will need to stay in their lanes as they travel through the construction area. This split will be in place until next year. The entire I-81 project is scheduled to be complete by summer of 2017.