A landslide forced a part of I-79 in Washington County to shut down on Wednesday morning.
The interstate between Exit 43 (Houston/Eighty-Four) and Exit 45 (Canonsburg) was shut down around 7:20 a.m. and was closed for a little over an hour.
State police said troopers, along with members of the Canonsburg Fire Department, removed multiple large rocks and debris from the roadway. The rocks fell from a hillside on the eastern side of the interstate.
The falling rocks caused damage to two SUVs that were traveling in the northbound lanes. Neither driver was injured.
PennDOT assisted with lane closures and dispatched geotechnical engineers to evaluate the hillside.
The interstate fully opened around 8:45 a.m.
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