Northbound Route 65 in Freedom closed again this weekend – Timesonline.com

FREEDOM -- PennDOT has announced northbound Route 65 in Freedom will close again this weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday, weather permitting.

Crews will be painting the bridge that carries traffic from Third Avenue to southbound Route 65 in Freedom. Motorists will be detoured onto the Freedom exit, along Third Avenue and then back onto Route 65.

Additionally, southbound Route 65 traffic will be restricted to a single 10-foot, 6-inch lane during the entire weekend. Third Avenue will also be restricted to 10-foot, 6-inch lanes.

This $20.21 million roadway project includes milling and resurfacing, concrete pavement patching, drainage and guardrail updates, ramp reconstruction, curb and sidewalk work, bridge and retaining wall preservation, sign structure maintenance and signal improvements. The overall project will conclude in late October 2017.

Gulisek Construction Co. of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, is the prime contractor.

Motorists should use caution when traveling through the corridor.

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