ALLENTOWN STREETS REOPEN – Update – 9-2-2021 5:30pm

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Update – 9-2-2021 5:30pm

ALLENTOWN STREETS REOPEN 

All Allentown streets that had been closed for a time due to flooding from the remnants of tropical depression Ida have reopened.

Crews are sweeping affected areas and stop signs are being erected at Union and 3rd streets where the traffic signal is out of service.

Devonshire Road remains closed from S 12th Street to Poplar Street due to a downed tree. The tree cannot be removed until power crews can address electrical wires.

 

Update – 9-2-2021 2:30pm

The following Allentown city streets remain closed until further notice due to flooding…

 

  • Lehigh Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Auburn Street
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from 4th to 2ndstreets
  • Union Street at 7th Street eastbound and at 3rd Street
  • Basin Street from Union to Auburn Street
  • Sumner Avenue from American Parkway NE to Meadow Street
  • Sumner Avenue at Cedar and N 3rd streets

 

Devonshire Road remains closed from S 12th Street to Poplar Street due to a downed tree.

Update – 9-2-2021 11:30am

The following Allentown city streets remain closed until further notice due to flooding…

•             Lehigh Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Auburn Street

•             Martin Luther King Jr. Drive east of 10th Street

•             Union Street at 7th Street eastbound and at 3rd Street

•             Basin Street from Union to Auburn Street

•             Sumner Avenue from American Parkway NE to Meadow Street

•             Sumner Avenue at Cedar and N 3rd streets

Devonshire Road remains closed from S 12th Street to Poplar Street due to a downed tree.

Update – 9-2-2021 6 am.

The following Allentown city streets remain closed until further notice due to flooding… 

 

  • S St Elmo Street from Martin Luther King Jr Dr to Union Street 
  • Lehigh Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Auburn Street 
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Drive east of 10th Street 
  • Union Street at 7th Street eastbound and at 3rd Street 
  • Basin Street from Union to Auburn Street  Devonshire Road remains closed from S 12th Street to Poplar Street due to a downed tree. 

Update 9-1-2021 9:50

The following Allentown city streets are closed until further notice due to flooding…

  • Hamilton Blvd from Ott Street to Hamilton Street bypass
  • S St Elmo Street from Martin Luther King Jr Dr to Union Street
  • Walnut Street from Lafayette Street to the Bridge on St Elmo
  • Auburn Street from S 5th Street to Basin Street
  • Mack Boulevard from Dixon Street o Juniata Street
  • Dixon Street from Mack Boulevard to S 7th Street
  • Public Rd from S 5th Street to S 8th Street
  • Sumner Avenue from N Meadow Street to Ridge Avenue
  • S 12th Street at Vultee Street to Downyflake Lane
  • Emaus Avenue from S 12th Street to S 5th Street
  • Hamilton Boulevard from 20th Street to 21st Street
  • S 4th & S 5th Street at Brookdale
  • N Dauphin at Kimmett Lock
  • Lehigh Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Auburn Street
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Schreiber’s Bridge
  • Devonshire Road is closed from S 12th Street to Poplar Street due to a downed tree.

Information provided to TVL by:
Mike Moore
Communications Manager
Mayor’s Office
435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov
http://www.AllentownPA.gov