PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists the single lane traffic restriction currently in place on northbound Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in the area of the I-79 Interchange in Glenfield Borough, Allegheny County, will be removed around noon today, Friday, Dec. 17.

Northbound Route 65 will be fully reopened; southbound restrictions were removed earlier this month. Only the ramp from the Glenfield Viaduct to southbound Route 65 will remain closed through Dec. 23.

The work is part of an overall project to improve the I-79 Neville Island Bridge-Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) interchange (Exit 66) and approaching roadways in Neville and Robinson townships and Glenfield Borough. The overall project will improve I-79, Route 65 and the interchange at Exit 66 including 10 bridge and ramp structures. Work includes concrete pavement roadway reconstruction, erosion and sedimentation pollution control, highway lighting, expansion joint replacement, bridge preservation work (latex overlays, spot/zone painting, steel repairs, expansion dam replacements, concrete deck and substructure repairs, resetting bearings), bituminous pavement, signing and pavement marking, and other miscellaneous construction. The overall project will be completed in spring 2011. The prime contractor for the project is Swank Associated Companies, Inc. of New Kensington PA.