LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. — A stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh and Bucks Counties will be closed early Sunday for a bridge project.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says the Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) will be closed in both directions on Sunday, April 14, from 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. between the Lehigh Valley interchange, Exit 56, Lehigh County, and the Quakertown Interchange, Exit 44, Bucks County.
Crews are working on the bridge that carries Indian Creek Road over the Turnpike at milepost 52.3 in Lehigh County.
Northbound detour:
Exit at the Quakertown Interchange, Exit 44. Take State Route 663 north to State Route 309 north to Interstate 78 west, then to State Route 309 north. Follow to U.S. Route 22 west or Tilghman Street west. Re-enter the PA Turnpike at the Lehigh Valley Interchange, Exit 56.
Southbound detour:
Exit at the Lehigh Valley Interchange, Exit 56. Take U.S. Route 22 east to State Route 309 south to Interstate 78 east. Then follow to State Route 309 south to State Route 663 south. Re-enter the PA Turnpike at the Quakertown Interchange, Exit 44.
During the road closure, the northbound and southbound entry and exit ramps at the Allentown Service Plaza at milepost 55.9 will be closed to all traffic. Visitors who do not exit the service plaza prior to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, will have to remain in the plaza until the work is completed and the ramps are reopened to traffic.