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 Street, I-81 and Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, at the beginning and end of the games. There will homes games on Thursday May 18 the games starts at 10:35 a.m. Friday May 19 games starts at 6:35. Saturday, May 20 game starts at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, May 21 games starts at 1:05.
Susquehanna Music Festival will take place on Friday, May 19 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 20 starting at 10 a.m. at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain.
Short Term Projects
I-81-N.B./S.B.-Lackawanna-Exit 185 Ctrl. Scranton Expressway to Exit 191 Bus. Rt. 6-Sweeping Shoulders/Litter-Monday 05/22/2017-Thursday 05/25/2017-7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
I-81 NB The right lane closure between Exit 230 (Great Bend) and the New York State Line for pothole patching. Patching will be performed Monday May 22 through Thursday May 25.
I- 81-Northbound-Susquehanna-206 -230-Mowing-Monday, May 22, 2017-Friday, May 26, 2017-7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
I- 81-Southbound -Susquehanna-230-206-Mowing-Monday, May 22, 2017-Friday, May 26, 2017-7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The contractor working on the I-81 Paving project in Susquehanna County will have lane closures starting Monday May 22nd at 12:00 am and continue through Friday May 26th at 6:00 am at the following locations: Northbound Mile Marker 211.5 to 214.5 Left lane. Northbound Mile Marker 220.5 to 223.5 left lane Southbound Mile Marker 217.5 to 220.5 left lane
Long Term Projects
Lackawanna County I-81 Southbound- Beginning at Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompkinsville) to Exit 199 (Scott). A private contractor for PennDOT continues work on a $9,982,000 project to replace bridge decks on Interstate 81 South between Exit 199 (Scott) and Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompkinsville). There will be single lane traffic from Exit 202 to 199 from April through November this year. The On Ramp to SR 81 Southbound from SR 107 at Fleetville/Tompkinsville will be Closed from April 17, 2017 through August 2017. A detour will take traffic onto I-81 Northbound to Exit 206 (Lenoxville) to turn around and come back Southbound.
The locations of the bridges to be replaced are as follows:
Spring 2017 – Southbound:
Two bridges at Exit 202 (Fleetville – Tompkinsville)
Bridge at Exit 201 (East Benton)
Bridge at Exit 199 (Scott)
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 178 (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 December 2017.
Starting mid-April I-81 Southbound Traffic pattern changes will include a split about 1,000 feet north of 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 October 2017.
I-81, Exit 175 to SR 315 northbound at Oak Street-Armstrong Drive widening project will be completed by the end of June 2017. The will allow for three lanes of traffic to come off the exit ramp.
I-81 Pavement Preservation Project in Susquehanna County will start on May 1. There will be multiple single lane closures on Interstate 81 in both the northbound and southbound directions between mile marker 205 to 223.5. The lane restrictions will be in place every week between May 1 and November 1 starting on Monday morning at 12:00 am (midnight) and stay in place until Friday at 2:00 pm. The lane restrictions will be removed over the weekends barring any emergencies. This will start on May 8 in the northbound direction and on May 22 in the southbound direction.