{"id":266946,"date":"2026-08-17T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266946\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:30:08","slug":"lane-restrictions-planned-on-i-81-in-lackawanna-county-for-bridge-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266946\/","title":{"rendered":"Lane restrictions planned on I-81 in Lackawanna County for bridge inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014 Drivers traveling on Interstate 81 should expect lane restrictions Tuesday as crews conduct bridge inspections in Lackawanna County.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions are scheduled for both northbound and southbound I-81 between the Clarks Summit exit, Exit 194, and the Scott exit, Exit 199.<\/p>\n<p>The work is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers traveling through the area should allow additional time and be prepared for changing traffic patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are being reminded to follow posted speed limits, turn on their headlights, watch for signs and workers and avoid distractions while traveling through the work zone.<\/p>\n<p>In areas where traffic backs up, drivers are encouraged to use both available lanes until reaching the merge point before taking turns entering the open lane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Drivers traveling on Interstate 81 should expect lane restrictions Tuesday as crews conduct bridge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-266946","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\/266946","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=266946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}