Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing short-term daylight traffic stoppages on the Boulevard of Allies
(Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Monday,
February 27 through Thursday, March 2 weather permitting.
Traffic stoppages of
15 minutes or less will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day on the Boulevard
of the Allies between the Crosstown Boulevard and the Birmingham Bridge. Crews will conduct shielding installation, dam
replacement work, concrete barrier and deck repairs, and other miscellaneous
construction activities.
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.
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.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny,
Beaver, and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.
Information about infrastructure in District 11, including
completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects
at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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