{"id":157761,"date":"2026-04-05T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157761\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:46:06","slug":"bridge-closure-to-impact-traffic-in-old-forge-starting-april-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157761\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge closure to impact traffic in Old Forge starting April 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Drivers in Old Forge and surrounding communities should prepare for a road closure beginning this week as construction work gets underway on a local bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the bridge connecting Lower Bridge Street and Lonesome Road will be closed starting April 7 to allow for ongoing construction.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are being advised to follow posted detours and traffic signs in the area. Officials say the measures are intended to keep traffic moving safely while work is completed.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are encouraged to plan ahead and allow extra travel time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Drivers in Old Forge and surrounding communities should prepare for a road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-157761","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\/157761","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=157761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}