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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing an overnight closure of the southbound I-579 ramp to southbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur tonight, Thursday night, March 16 weather permitting.

An overnight closure of the ramp carrying traffic from southbound I-579 to southbound (outbound) Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) will occur from 8 p.m. Thursday night through 4 a.m. Friday morning. Crews will conduct deck patching work on the ramp. Traffic will be detoured.

Posted Detour

• From southbound I-579, continue straight toward Route 19/51 Liberty Bridge

• Continue through the Liberty Tunnel

• Turn right onto North Truck 19/North 51 toward the West End

• Take the left-hand West 376/South 19 ramp toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

• Bear left toward South 19 Banksville Road and South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

• Bear left toward East 376/South 51 toward Uniontown

• Merge onto eastbound I-376 (Parkway West)

• Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

• Take the ramp to East 376 toward Monroeville

• End detour

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.

CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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