{"id":184846,"date":"2026-05-06T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184846\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:00:11","slug":"penndot-says-roadwork-to-close-scranton-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184846\/","title":{"rendered":"PennDOT says roadwork to close Scranton bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tue, May 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d4f679ddda07c82783b46fcc1da61765.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63574d7aee21377260cdb96e064594a7.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 Drivers in Scranton should prepare for a long\u2011term detour starting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) officials say the Linden Street Bridge, between 7th Avenue and Mifflin Street, will close on Wednesday for major rehabilitation work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/man-pleads-guilty-crime-spree-172334535.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Man pleads guilty to crime spree through multiple counties;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Man pleads guilty to crime spree through multiple counties <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bridge is expected to stay closed through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Pedestrian access will remain open, but drivers will be detoured using Lackawanna Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, May 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 Drivers in Scranton should prepare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,82546,3431,7874,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-184846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-linden-street-bridge","tag-penndot","tag-pennsylvania-department-of-transportation","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184846","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=184846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}