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City Street Closures

Below is a listing of all street closures within the City. They are categorized by type, for easy viewing. If you have any questions, please call the project lead listed in the street closure category. 

Daily Closures

  • 5/26/2023 - E Tioga Street, Bradford to Carlisle St will be closed today until 3:00 pm for crack sealing.

  • 5/26/2023 - Colorado Street, S 10th to S 12th St will be closed today until 3:00 pm for milling. Now Open

  • 5/26/2023 - 30th Street SW, W Emaus Ave to Ithaca St will be closed today until 3:00 pm for milling.

  • If you have any questions please contact Streets (610) 437-7638.

Project Lead: Streets Department - 610.437.7638

Construction Closures

 On Sunday May 21, 2023 from 1:00am to 11:30pm – Law St from Court St to the Arts walk will be closed for a concert at City Hall.  Strata Symphony will have access to the parking garage at all times.

Monday May 22, 2023 to Friday May 26, 2023 from 8pm to 6am -  S 10th St from MLK to Harrison St will be closed for Allentown Metal Works to do a sanitary line.  They will have flaggers at both ends to allow for local traffic to the business.  This work did not happen last week due to an engineering error. 

On Sunday May 21, 2023 from 1:00am to 11:30pm - Law St from Court St to the Arts walk will be closed for a concert at City Hall.  Strata Symphony will have access to the parking garage at all times.

On Monday May 22, 2023 from 6pm to 10pm -  Linden St from 5th St to 6th St will be closed for a crane to set a transformer in a PPL vault. 

Tuesday May 23 and Wednesday May 24, 2023 from 8am to 3pm Linden St will have lane restrictions from 5th St to 6th St for PPL to do utility work.

Starting Monday May 22, 2023 for the next two weeks Court St from Lumber St to 9th St will have periodic closures to do work on a electrical vault for the Da Vinci Center.

Any questions please call Kyle A Sergent at 610-437-7596

Special Events Closures

Raub Middle School Block Party - Thursday May 25

  • Walnut street will be closed between 18th Street and Saint Cloud Street from 8 am to 3 pm – please follow the detours.

  • Please click here to see map of closure and detour.

Mayfair Festival of the Arts - May 26 - 29
  • College Drive will be closed from Honochick Drive to Crest Avenue South on Friday, May 26th from 4 pm to 10 pm and Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th from 12 pm to 10 pm.
  • Please click here to see map of closure and detour.
Contact Suzanne Dobel with questions - 610-437-7735

Long Term Closures

Effective May 16, 2022 the SR 145 (Lehigh St. City of Allentown) bridge over Little Lehigh Creek will be closed for replacement. The bridge is owned by Lehigh County and the bridge replacement will be managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The project is anticipated to be completed by December 2, 2022.

Project Manager: Kyle Sergent - 610.437.7596

Weekend Closures

On Sunday February 26, 2023 from 11am to 11pm – Law St from Court St to the Strata Symphony parking deck will be closed for the Black History Month Celebration at Symphony Hall.  This area will be utilized by production vehicles.

Any questions please call Kyle A Sergent at 610-437-7574