PennDOT has announced the closure of a section of Interstate 79 northbound in Erie County due to a recent motor vehicle accident. The highway is blocked off near Exit 174

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A nighttime crash during the week of Christmas is now causing major traffic backups every afternoon on Interstate 79.

A truck slammed into the Interstate 79 bridge over Thoms Run Road last month. These are today's mortgage and refinance interest rates, which are at their lowest points in over three years and just over 6%. Lock in your rate today. Transfer portal winners and losers: Which teams loaded up and which teams let down in January window?

A portion of Interstate 79 is shut down after a crash in Allegheny County Friday morning. According to officials, a crash has shut down the northbound lanes of I-79 at the Warrendale interchange in Marshall Township. In addition, the southbound lanes have a lane restriction.

PennDOT closed two sections of Interstate 79 on Thursday, one in Erie County and the other in Mercer County, due to two crashes late Thursday morning. PennDOT closed I-79

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on the morning of Saturday, January 17th, weather permitting, cable barrier repair work requiring a single-lane restriction on northbound Interstate 79 in Robinson and Kennedy townships,

Officials in Washington County said rocks came off the hillside and onto the road, causing a total shutdown of I-79's Northbound lanes at the Canonsburg exit.