Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing daylight lane restrictions on I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will begin Wednesday, March 8 weather permitting.
Short-term traffic
stoppages will occur as needed on I-376 (Parkway East) in both directions under
the Birmingham Bridge weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through late June. Crews
will conduct steel repairs and replace bridge pins and hangers.
Additionally,
short-term traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur on the Boulevard
of the Allies between Hamlet Street and the Crosstown Boulevard from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Crews will conduct bridge jacking for bearing
replacement work. Also, single-lane
overnight lane restrictions will occur from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday and
Thursday nights on the Boulevard of the Allies in both directions for overhang
installation and expansion dam replacement preparatory work.
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.
CONTACT: Steve Cowan,
412-429-5010
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