ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), in coordination with Bridging Pennsylvania Developers I (BPD-I), will implement a traffic switch on Interstate 80 eastbound as part of I-80 Lehigh River Bridge Project.
Weather permitting, the traffic shift is expected to begin at 10:00 pm. on Tuesday, August 4, according to a news release from PennDOT.
Officials say during this operation, Interstate 80 traffic will be moved from the current two lanes on the left side of the bridge to two lanes on the right side. The new traffic pattern will allow crews to install the latex overlay on the new eastbound bridge while maintaining two lanes of traffic throughout the operation…