Route 65 Culvert Replacement Begins Monday in North Sewickley

PennDOT has announced culvert replacement work requiring a long-term closure of a portion of Route 65 (Mercer Road) in North Sewickley Township, Beaver County will begin Monday, June 10 weather permitting.

Culvert replacement work will begin at 8:00 a.m. Monday on Route 65 between Bologne Valley Road and Oakland Drive. To allow the work to occur, a full closure of a portion of Route 65 will close to traffic around-the-clock through 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 7. Traffic will be detoured.

Posted Car Detour

North of the Closure

From Route 65, take Route 588 (Concord Church Road) eastbound
Turn right onto Concord Circle Road (Route 1029)
Turn right onto Wises Grove Road (Route 1014)
Follow Wises Grove Road back to Route 65
End detour

South of the Closure

Same detour in the opposite direction

The culvert replacement work is part of the $6.23 million Route 65 improvement project which also includes milling and resurfacing, base repairs, guide rail updates, drainage improvements, structure replacement over Bennetts Run, sign and pavement markings, ADA ramps, signal updates, and other miscellaneous construction between Route 18 (Third Avenue) in New Brighton Borough and Route 588 (Bennetts Run Road) in North Sewickley Township. Work began in March 2023. Overall work will conclude in the spring of 2025.

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