{"id":143900,"date":"2026-03-20T17:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/143900\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:02:25","slug":"bridge-closed-in-newton-township-due-to-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/143900\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge closed in Newton Township due to safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWTON TWP., LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A bridge in Newton Township has been closed indefinitely after county officials determined it is no longer safe for traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna County announced the immediate closure of the bridge located at Airport Drive and Route 307. The decision was made following a recommendation from the county\u2019s Roads and Bridges Department and its engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the structure\u2019s headwall has been deemed unsafe, prompting the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers in the area will need to follow a detour, as an alternate traffic pattern has been put in place.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services, including the county\u2019s 911 center, along with township officials and PennDOT, have been notified of the closure.<\/p>\n<p>There is no word yet on when the bridge may reopen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWTON TWP., LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A bridge in Newton Township has been closed indefinitely after county officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-143900","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\/143900","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=143900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}