Traffic Alert: PennDOT Not Taking The Weekend Off

and residents planning to head downtown, towards the South Hills, or east toward Monroeville will want to know about these construction projects.  

Crosstown Boulevard/Veterans Bridge (I-579)

The ramps connecting I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) to the Liberty Bridge will be closed from 8 p.m. on Friday through 6 a.m. on Monday. In addition, the southbound I-579 Veterans Bridge will be restricted to a single lane this weekend for expansion dam replacements.

Parkway East (I-376)
Squirrel Hill Tunnel Rehabilitation
Traffic in the inbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel on the Parkway East will be restricted to a single lane from 9 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday for tunnel rehabilitation work.

Roadway improvements
Work to improve the inbound Parkway East between Grant Street and the Stanwix Street on-ramp – the area known as the “bathtub” along the Mon Wharf  - will continue from 9 p.m. Friday through approximately 6 a.m. on Saturday. Westbound I-376 and the ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376 will be closed. Crews will be performing repairs in the tunnel that carries Grant Street over I-376 and sawing and sealing pavement joints.

31^st Street Bridge Long-Term Closure Begins Monday
The 31^st Street Bridge will be closed to all traffic long-term beginning on Monday, July 2.

The closure will occur from approximately 6 a.m. on Monday around-the-clock through late December. Traffic wishing access Herrs Island from Lawrenceville will be detoured using the 16^th Street Bridge to River Avenue. 

Crews will remove and replace the last four spans on the north end of bridge necessary to create a new grade-separated interchange with Route 28 and Rialto Street. These four spans were not rehabilitated as part of the 31^st Street Bridge project completed in 2007 in anticipation of the future improvements on Route 28. 

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