Map of detour for 19th Street bridge demo. Graphic provided by PennDOT.
A Harrisburg bridge is scheduled for demo in the coming days.
PennDOT announced on Wednesday that it would demolish the 19th Street bridge over I-83 on the night of Saturday, Nov. 15, as part of the Capital Beltway Project.
The 19th Street bridge closed to traffic on Oct. 26, as PennDOT plans to reconstruct the bridge, as it did to the 29th Street bridge, which recently reopened. Both bridge projects are part of the East Shore Section 3 portion of the highway widening plan.
Traffic on I-83 will be detoured starting at 11 p.m. that Saturday. Demo and clean up are expected to be completed overnight and the corridor back open to traffic by 8 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16. There will be lane restrictions on I-83 and on westbound Route 322 approaching the project area starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, with a full closure of I-83 taking place at 11 p.m.
PennDOT will begin prepping the bridge for demo during nighttime hours during the week of Sunday, Nov. 9. Lane restrictions will be in place as needed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., between the 13th Street and Paxton Street interchanges.
PennDOT will implement the following detours during the Nov. 15-16 demo:
- Northbound I-83 traffic should take Exit 42 to 2nd Street, then continue on 2nd Street to Paxton Street, turn right onto Paxton Street and continue east to Eisenhower Boulevard, turn left on Eisenhower Boulevard and continue north to northbound I-83.
- Southbound I-83 traffic should take Exit 45 (Paxton Street/Bass Pro Dr) to Paxton Street, then continue west on Paxton Street to 17th Street, turn right on 17th Street, then left onto the ramp to southbound I-83.
PennDOT expects the bridge to be closed for about a year, with ramps not reopening until spring 2027.
For more information on the I-83 Capital Beltway project, visit their website.
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