Kathy Liebler
                        Director of Public Information

C   O   M   M   I   S   S   I   O   N                N   E   W   S             R   E   L   E   A   S   E   

  Contact:  Joe Agnello, (724) 755-5262, (724) 755-5142 fax
                  e-mail: jagnello@paturnpike.com

TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
TRAFFIC STOPPAGES SCHEDULED FOR
OVERHEAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT MILEPOST 79

Eastbound and westbound traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be stopped periodically at Milepost 79, for no longer than 15 minutes, between 9 pm Monday, August 23 and 5 am Tuesday, August 24, and between 9 pm Tuesday, August 24 and 5 am Wednesday, August 25.

Intermittent stoppages are necessary so that construction crews can erect steel girders for a new overhead bridge.

The construction site is in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, between the New Stanton (#8) and Donegal (#9) interchanges.

The bridge carries Pa. Route 819, which was closed at the construction site on March 8, 1999. It will reopen on or about November 19, 1999.

Mobile message boards east and west of the construction site will alert motorists about the stoppages. Also, a Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) station at New Stanton will provide updates during the eight-hour periods when stoppages will occur. It will broadcast at AM frequency 1640.

Motorists are urged to use caution when traversing the construction zone.

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