{"id":249007,"date":"2026-07-22T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249007\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:06:09","slug":"off-ramp-to-route-940-thats-been-closed-for-months-set-to-reopen-this-week-poconos-and-coal-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249007\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-ramp to Route 940 that\u2019s been closed for months set to reopen this week | Poconos and Coal Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PennDOT says an off-ramp that has been closed since March will reopen Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT, in coordination with <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgingpennsylvaniadevelopers1.com\/project-map\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bridgingpennsylvaniadevelopers1.com\/project-map\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bridging Pennsylvania Developers<\/a>, will\u00a0reopen the Interstate 80 westbound Ramp B off-ramp to Route 940 as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-5-projects\/i-80-over-lehigh-river-bridge\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/penndot\/projects-near-you\/district-5-projects\/i-80-over-lehigh-river-bridge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I-80 Lehigh River Bridge Project<\/a>, PennDOT said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp will reopen to traffic Thursday evening, weather permitting, according to PennDOT.<\/p>\n<p>It has been closed since March 2026 for reconstruction on the Lehigh River Bridge Project, PennDOT said.<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT said drivers traveling through the area should expect changes in traffic patterns and are reminded to follow all posted signage and use caution while driving through the work zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PennDOT says an off-ramp that has been closed since March will reopen Thursday. PennDOT, in coordination with Bridging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,31636,106570,29082,3431,106569],"class_list":["post-249007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-interstate-80","tag-lehigh-river-bridge-project","tag-off-ramp","tag-penndot","tag-route-940"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249007","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=249007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}