{"id":140370,"date":"2026-03-17T06:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140370\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:16:10","slug":"penndot-announces-five-year-pavement-replacement-project-on-i-81-84-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140370\/","title":{"rendered":"PennDOT announces five-year pavement replacement project on I-81, 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The state Department of Transportation will begin April 1 a five-year pavement replacement on parts of Interstates 81 and 84 in Scranton and Dunmore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Work on the interstates is scheduled to end in fall 2031. Tree trimming for the project began Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Travel lanes will be restricted during tree trimming and the setting of project limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project will include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Replacing concrete pavement with asphalt pavement for about 2 miles of I-81, between the President Biden Expressway (Exit 185) and the Drinker Street interchange (Exit 186); and for about 2 miles of I-84\/I-380, between Route 435 and the I-81\/Casey Highway (Route 6) interchange; and for all ramps associated with the interchanges of Drinker and Tigue streets and I-81\/I-84\/Casey Highway (Route 6).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Maintenance of bridges and retaining walls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Updating of barriers and guardrails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Implementation of an intelligent transportation system that provides real-time service information for passengers and enhanced transit planning for agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Restoration of about 2 miles of concrete pavement on I-81 between the I-81\/Casey Highway (Route 6) interchange and the Olyphant Avenue overpass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For information, see the project web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-4-projects\/interstate-81-and-i-84-pavement-replacement-and-restoration-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-4-projects\/interstate-81-and-i-84-pavement-replacement-and-restoration-project;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-4-projects\/interstate-81-and-i-84-pavement-replacement-and-restoration-project&quot;}\" class=\"link \">pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-4-projects\/interstate-81-and-i-84-pavement-replacement-and-restoration-project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project will require detours and overnight ramp closures, which are detailed on the project page on the PennDOT website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state Department of Transportation will begin April 1 a five-year pavement replacement on parts of Interstates 81&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64356,64357,64358,4582,178,180,179,64359],"class_list":["post-140370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-asphalt-pavement","tag-concrete-pavement","tag-president-biden-expressway","tag-project","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140370","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=140370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}