The new Buffalo Creek Bridge, which will replace the Laneville Bridge in Freeport, has opened. Work on the Donald R. Lobaugh Bridge spanning the Allegheny River there continues. The overall project carries a $63 million price tag.

FREEPORT — The new Buffalo Creek Bridge opened to traffic Monday.

Motorists traveling to and from the Laneville section of the borough now use the new bridge to enter Route 356.

The Buffalo Creek Bridge, which replaces the Laneville Bridge, is part of the $63 million Freeport Bridge project.

The other part of the project entails the reconstruction of the Freeport Bridge, or Donald R. Lobaugh Bridge, that crosses the Allegheny River in Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland counties.

Work on the Freeport Bridge includes bolstering its steel trusses and replacing girders and concrete decking.

With the opening of the Buffalo Creek Bridge, new traffic patterns began.

The traffic signal at the intersection of Route 356 and the north end of the Laneville Bridge, which temporarily remains open, will be removed.

Under the new traffic pattern to enter Laneville, motorists take the Buffalo Creek Bridge (Route 128 south), continue on Second Street and follow the posted detour along Market, Fifth and Buffalo streets to the Laneville Bridge and then onto Main Street in Laneville.

Vehicles leaving Laneville will take the Laneville Bridge, turn right on Buffalo Street to the stop sign at Second Street. Route 128 traffic can turn right (north) across the Buffalo Creek Bridge or turn left (south) onto Route 128.