DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Drivers traveling on Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County should expect lane restrictions next week as crews conduct tree-trimming work along the highway.<\/p>\n
According to transportation officials, the work is scheduled Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 20, between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and will impact several sections of Interstate 81 and nearby entrance and exit ramps.<\/p>\n
From Monday through Wednesday, lane restrictions will be in place on Interstate 81 southbound between Exit 185 (President Biden Expressway) and Exit 182B (Davis Street).<\/p>\n
Additional restrictions are planned later in the week. On Thursday and Friday, work will affect the Route 8024 ramp to Interstate 81 northbound between Exit 186 (Dunmore\/Drinker Street) and Exit 188 (Dunmore\/Throop), as well as the Interstate 84 westbound connection to Route 347.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, drivers may also see lane closures on Interstate 81 southbound between Exit 190 (Dickson City\/Main Avenue) and Exit 188 (Dunmore\/Throop).<\/p>\n
Several ramps connecting Route 347 and Route 8009 to Interstate 81 southbound and Interstate 84 eastbound will also experience restrictions that day as crews trim trees near the roadway.<\/p>\n
Motorists are encouraged to slow down, use caution in work zones, and allow extra travel time while the maintenance work is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Drivers traveling on Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County should expect lane restrictions next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-137818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}