{HARRISBURG} – An upcoming bridge demolition on 29th Street will impact Harrisburg roads and residents.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced the 29th Street bridge, spanning Interstate 83 between Exit 44B (19th Street) and Exit 45 (Paxton Street/Bass Pro Drive) will be taken down the night of Saturday, August 24. The bridge is slated for replacement as part of East Shore Section 3 of the I-83 Capital Beltway Project.
Residents who live in the area of the 29th Street bridge may be disrupted by the overnight construction work to demolish the bridge.
All lanes on the highway are expected to reopen to one lane of traffic by 5 a.m. on Sunday, August 25. All lanes are expected to be open by 8:00 AM.
A detour will be in place during the closure:
- Southbound I-83 traffic will take Exit 45 (Paxton Street/Bass Pro Drive) to Paxton Street, then proceed west on Paxton Street to 17th Street and the ramp to southbound I-83.
- Northbound traffic will exit at 19th Street, then take 19th Street south to Paxton Street, then Paxton Street east to Eisenhower Boulevard north to the ramp to northbound I-83.
This work is associated with the first of two contracts for East Shore Section 3 of the larger I-83 Capital Beltway Project. This contract includes widening and reconstructing portions of the I-83 roadway, construction of overhead bridges at 29th Street and 19th Street, construction of the new Cameron Street Interchange, removing the 13th Street interchange, and roadway improvements along the Cameron Street, 19th Street and 29th Street corridors.
For more information about the East Shore Section 3 and the I-83 Capital Beltway Project, go to I83 Capital Beltway- Home (i-83beltway.com).
The East Shore Section 3 construction contract map can be found here: SR0083-079-Dauphin-Construction-Sequence-Graphic-2-2023.pdf (i-83beltway.com).
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MEDIA CONTACT: Dave Thompson, 717-418-5018, [email protected]
Please refer to the location/detour map below:
