Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing overnight restrictions at the Boulevard of the Allies/I-376 Parkway
East interchange in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Monday
through Thursday nights, January 9-12 weather permitting.
Lane
restrictions and traffic shifts will occur from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night in
the following locations:
Southbound (outbound) Boulevard
of the Allies
The ramp from southbound
Boulevard of Allies to eastbound (outbound) I-376 Parkway East
I-376 Parkway East in both
directions under the Birmingham Bridge
Crews
will conduct shielding installation, dam replacement work, concrete barrier and
deck repairs, and other miscellaneous construction activities.
The restrictions will not begin until two hours after the end of the Pittsburgh Penguin
game on Tuesday night.
Preservation
work on two mainline Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies bridges and several
ramps at the interchange are included in this $35.41 million project. Work will
include bridge deck repairs and overlays, expansion dam replacements, steel
superstructure and substructure repairs, bearing replacements, full painting,
concrete substructure repairs, downspout replacements, drainage repairs,
signing and pavement parking upgrades and other miscellaneous construction
activities. Motorists will encounter short term lane closures, night and
weekend closures of the ramps and Route 885 in each direction, weekend lane
restrictions, and overnight directional closures of I-376 Parkway East,
long-term closures of Forbes Avenue, Brady Street, and ramps at the Birmingham
Bridge. Short-term and weeknight lane closures of Second Avenue are also
included throughout this multi-year project.
To
help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email
distribution list for Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies traffic advisories and
construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe –
Boulevard of the Allies” in the subject line.
Motorists
can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded
winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com.
511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay
warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than
1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA
is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible
on the 511PA website.
MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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