Northbound I-79 to Parkway West ramp in Robinson will close for two nights this week

Nightly closures of the northbound I-79 to westbound I-376 (Parkway West) ramp in Robinson Township will occur Tuesday, July 15, through Thursday, July 17, weather permitting.

PennDOT District 11 said Monday the northbound I-79 ramp to westbound I-376 (Exit 59B) will close from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night to allow crews to conduct saw cutting operations and shoulder patching.

Ramp traffic will be detoured as follows:

• Continue straight on northbound I-79 past the closed ramp
• Take the Route 60 Crafton/Moon Run (Exit 60) off-ramp
• Turn left onto Route 60 (Steubenville Pike)
• Take the ramp to I-79 South toward Washington
• From southbound I-79, take the ramp to West 376 toward Pittsburgh International Airport/Beaver (Exit 59B)
• End detour

Work on this $14.97 million highway restoration project in Robinson and Kennedy townships began in April 2024. The project begins at the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchange and continues approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) interchange.

Work includes concrete pavement patching, guide rail and cable barrier replacement, highway lighting and signing updates, drainage work, pavement markings and other miscellaneous construction activities on mainline I-79 and 10 ramps — four at the I-376 interchange and six ramps at the Route 60 interchange.

Bridge preservation work will continue on six structures (northbound and southbound I-79 bridges over I-376, Route 60, and Campbells Run Road), including concrete deck overlays, replacement of seals at expansion dams and deck joints, substructure concrete repairs, cleaning of bridge bearings and spot painting of the northbound and southbound I-79 steel I-beam bridges over I-376.

Additionally, preservation work of six existing sign structures (one on northbound I-79 and five on southbound I-79) will occur as well as concrete repairs and scour protection of two arch culverts underneath mainline I-79 and several ramps. The project is anticipated to conclude later this summer.

The prime contractor is Golden Triangle Construction Co. Inc. Work on this project will be coordinated with other projects in the area.

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