A portion of Interstate 83 in Harrisburg will close this weekend between 19th Street and Paxton Street for the demolition of the 29th Street Bridge.
The bridge demolition is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) I-83 Capital Beltway Project. The project aims to widen and reconstruct portions of the highway and overhead bridges at 29th and 19th streets.
The bridge closed in July and is being replaced as part of section 3 of the project.
PennDOT will implement lane restrictions in both directions of I-83 at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Crews will fully close the interstate at 11 p.m.
The interstate will reopen to traffic at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
A detour will direct southbound traffic to take Exit 45. Northbound traffic will be detoured to the 19th Street exit.
The I-83 Capital Beltway Project has a price tag of $1 billion and will address the unsafe roadway conditions on the over 50-year-old interstate. It will also fix the congestion and improve safety on the interstate.
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Source: Pennlive.com, The Burg News
