Drivers will need to prepare for a major road closure starting Monday morning. New restrictions will go into effect as part of PennDOT's Commercial Street Bridge project.

As part of this project, Commercial Street and Forward Avenue between Whipple Street and Summerset Drive will be closed to traffic, and it will be a few months before it opens back up.

This stretch of road snakes under the Commercial Street Bridge, and this closure lets crews get set up for demolition and bridge replacement work.

The closure starts at 7 a.m. Monday, and it stays closed around the clock until February. Cranes, beam lifts, and heavy materials will be moving over the road and the trail.

This closure is just the setup for a full month-long closure of I-376 East in July for the full Commercial Street Br

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