​Armstrong County, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a road closure on River Road (State Route 56) in North Apollo Borough and Kiskiminetas Townships, Armstrong County beginning October 17.

The area affected is between the intersections of State Route 2052 and State Route 2055.

Signs will be posted directing motorists along the detour route.  Motorists should use the following detour:

• North Vandergrift side: State Route 56 West to State Route 356 South to State Route 66 North
• North Apollo/Apollo side: State Route 66 South to State Route 356 North to State Route 56 East

State Route 56 is anticipated to open on October 29.

Glorietta Bridge #2 is located at Lackey's Dairy Queen on State Route 56. Work is to include replacement of the existing culvert, roadway reconstruction, drainage enhancements, guiderail upgrades and other miscellaneous construction activities. 

Plum Contracting of Greensburg, PA is the contractor for this project.  There is an anticipated completion date of December 2023 for this $4.9 million dollar project.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 950 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPittsburgh.

Subscribe to PennDOT news in in Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties at www.penndot.gov/District10.

MEDIA CONTACT: Tina Gibbs at 724-357-2829 or chgibbs@pa.gov.

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