Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a 14-day closure of
the northbound Birmingham Bridge (Route 2085) ramp to Forbes Avenue in the City
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will begin Wednesday, March 15 weather
permitting.
The ramp from
northbound Birmingham Bridge to Forbes Avenue will close to traffic beginning
at 6 a.m. Wednesday continuously through Thursday evening, March 29 to allow
crews to conduct bridge painting operations. All ramp traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
Birmingham Bridge Ramp
to Forbes Avenue
Continue northbound on the
Birmingham Bridge past the closed ramp
Turn left onto Fifth Avenue
Turn left onto Gist Street
Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
End detour
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.
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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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CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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