100 mile detour deliberate for Pennsylvania Turnpike this weekend
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Fee (PTC) is warning drivers of a serious weekend closure to permit crews to take away a crashed trailer.
Beginning at 11 p.m. on Might 6, 86 miles of eastbound I-70/76 might be closed between the New Stanton (Exit 75) and Breezewood (Exit 161) interchanges.
The PTC says that the closure will enable crews to take away a trailer that crashed within the eastbound lanes at mile marker 125.5, Somerset County, on January 11 inside a development zone.
The closure is anticipated to final till 6 a.m. on Might 7.
The PTC will implement a 100 mile detour path to accommodate visitors through the closure. Drivers ought to count on heavy visitors on the detour route.
- Exit on the New Stanton Interchange and observe U.S. Route 119/PA Turnpike Route 66 (0.2 miles).
- Comply with PA Turnpike Route 66 north (14.2 miles).
- Comply with U.S. Route 22 east (63.7 miles).
- Comply with I-99 south (30.4 miles).
- Comply with U.S. Route 30 east (18.3 miles).
- Reenter the PA Turnpike on the Breezewood Interchange.
Automobiles might be permitted to enter the Turnpike on the Bedford Interchange (Exit 146) and journey eastbound throughout this closure. All westbound visitors is permitted within the hall through the eastbound closure, the PTC says.
