New Parkway North Road Configurations Coming

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - The next phase of the Parkway North reconstruction project will result in new lane configurations that will be in place sometime between Saturday and Monday’s morning rush hour. According to PennDOT, here’s what to expect:

• Two southbound lanes will continue to shift from the HOV lanes back into mainline I-279 near the Venture Street interchange.

• A single-lane of the closed portion of the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes will reopen to traffic.

Motorists in the left-hand lane approaching the shift to mainline I-279 at Venture Street may choose to stay in the newly reopened HOV lane. Motorists using the HOV lane will only be able to use the slip ramp to southbound I-279 south of the I-579/Veterans Bridge exit. No access to Anderson Street or Stadium Drive will be permitted.

Additionally, motorists using the HOV lane will not have access to the North 28/East Street (Exit 2B) or South I-579/Veterans Bridge (Exit 2A) exits. The Bedford Avenue HOV lane will only open prior to Penguins home games, and there will be no HOV access in the northbound direction.

• The ramp from North Canal Street to southbound I-279 will be reduced to a single-lane to accommodate reconstruction work. The ramp will remain open to traffic but will be placed in a stop condition at I-279.

• Mainline I-279 between the I-579/Veterans Bridge off-ramp and Anderson Street will be reduced to a single-lane.

The work zone from Camp Horne Road to the McKnight Road interchange will remain unchanged.

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