The Sewickley Bridge will shut down in both directions for about 4 hours tonight while repairs are made, PennDOT announced at about 4:45 p.m. this afternoon.
The bridge will closed 8 p.m. to about midnight.
All bridge traffic will be detoured:
From Sewickley
• Motorists will take Route 65 southbound;
• Take the left-hand ramp to Interstate 79 toward Erie/Washington;
• Take the left-hand ramp to South I-79 toward Washington;
• Merge onto southbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge;
• Take the Neville Island to Route 51 (Exit 65) off-ramp;
• Turn left onto Grand Avenue;
• Cross the Coraopolis Bridge;
• Turn right onto northbound Route 51 (Fourth Avenue);
• Follow northbound Route 51 back to the Sewickley Bridge.
From Moon Township
• Motorists will take Route 51 southbound;
• Take the ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie;
• Merge onto northbound I-79 and cross the Neville Island Bridge;
• Take the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley (Exit 66);
• Continue following the ramp to Route 65 toward Emsworth/Sewickley;
• Take the ramp to North 65 toward Sewickley;
• Merge onto northbound Route 65 and follow back to the Sewickley Bridge.
