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

 November 15, 1999



TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
BRIDGE OVER TURNPIKE REOPENING

The bridge carrying Pa. Route 819 over the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County will reopen Friday, Nov. 19, 1999.

Route 819 has been closed at the bridge site since March 8, 1999. The former through-girder bridge at this overhead location (Milepost 79) was replaced with a single-span steel girder structure. 

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