A slew of lane restrictions will be in effect in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties next week while PennDOT makes repairs. <\/p>\n
PENNSYLVANIA, USA \u2014 A heads-up for drivers next week: PennDOT will be making repairs throughout Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, prompting lane restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting Sunday night, restrictions will be in place on the northbound and southbound sides:<\/p>\n
\nLackawanna County <\/p>\n
Starting Sunday at 7:30 p.m.: PennDOT will be closing the Biden Expressway down to one lane as part of the Interstate 81\/84 pavement and restoration project through the winter of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nI-81 Northbound <\/p>\n
Sunday to Monday, 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM: I-81 northbound from the Biden Expressway to Drinker Street will be down to one lane to install barriers as part of the Interstate 81\/84 pavement and restoration project.Monday through Friday from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM: Interstate 81 northbound will be down to two lanes from the Biden Expressway to the Interstate 84 eastbound\/Interstate 81 northbound junction as part of the Interstate 81\/84 pavement and restoration project through the winter of 2026.\u00a0Thursday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM: Interstate 81 northbound from Moosic to the Biden Expressway for pothole patching.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\nI-81 Southbound <\/p>\n
Tuesday through Thursday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM: Interstate 81 southbound from the Interstate 84\/Interstate 81 junction to the Biden Expressway to perform inlet repairs.Monday through Tuesday from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM: Interstate 81 southbound rolling shoulder closures, Interstate 84\/Interstate 81 junction to the Biden Expressway for signage placement <\/p>\n
\nLuzerne County <\/p>\n
Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM between the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway and the Hazleton\/Route 924 exit to perform utility work.<\/p>\n
\nI-81 Northbound <\/p>\n
Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Interstate 81 northbound from the Route 309\/Wilkes-Barre exit to the Moosic exit to perform pothole patching and crack sealing.<\/p>\n
Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Interstate 81 northbound from the Mountaintop exit to the Avoca exit to perform pothole patching and crack sealing.<\/p>\n
\nI-81 Southbound <\/p>\n
Monday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Interstate 81 southbound from the Highland Park Boulevard\/Wilkes Barre exit to the Blackman Street exit to perform pothole patching and crack sealing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A slew of lane restrictions will be in effect in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties next week while PennDOT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-175161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175161","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=175161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}