Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing a single-lane restriction on southbound Route 28 in Aspinwall and
Sharpsburg boroughs and O’Hara Township, Allegheny County, will occur Wednesday
and Thursday, June 29-30 weather permitting.
Southbound Route 28
will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic from the Virginia Avenue Extension
on-ramp to just north of the Etna/Butler (Exit 5) interchange from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. each day. Crews from Golden Triangle
Construction, Inc. will conduct temporary asphalt placement work.
The on-ramps from
Virginia Avenue Extension and the Highland Park Bridge to southbound Route 28
will be placed in a stop condition.
Please allow extra
time and use caution when traveling through the work zone.
To help keep motorists
informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for
Route 28 traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email
addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Route 28” in the subject
line.
Motorists can check
conditions on major roadways 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.
Subscribe to PennDOT
news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.gov/District11.
Information about
infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant
projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D11Results.
Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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