Parkway North Reconstruction To Tax North Hills Motorists' Patience

NORTH HILLS, PA — Motorists who travel the Parkway North (I-279) are in for two years of traffic headaches beginning Monday.

PennDOT will reconstruct a 7-mile stretch of the vital link between Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Hills beginning April 8. This year, work will focus on I-279 southbound between Camp Horne Road and the Fort
Duquesne Bridge.“The $87.94 million I-279 Parkway North improvement project will be the largest project in District 11 in 2017.” PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said.

Starting Monday, single-lane and shoulder restrictions will occur in each direction of the Parkway North between the Fort Duquesne Bridge and just north of the Camp Horne Road interchange as crews begin preparing for the project.. Milling and paving work will occur in various locations through March 30 as crews construct emergency pull-offs and crossover areas according to this schedule:

Northbound (outbound) - Left or right lane closure

• Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day.

• Weekends, 8 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday.

Southbound (inbound) – Left lane closure

• Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day.

• Weekends, 8 p.m. Friday to through 6 a.m. Monday.

The project includes patching and overlay, preservation of 30 bridges and 49 overhead sign structures, repairs to 29 walls, ramp repairs, lighting improvements, HOV repairs, sign upgrades, guide rail and
drainage improvements, and an anti-icing system installation on bridges at the McKnight Road interchange.

Work will occur in the southbound direction in 2017, shift to the northbound lanes next year and be
completed in the first half of 2019 with the renovation of the HOV lanes.

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