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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing intermittent traffic stoppages on northbound Route 28 in Sharpsburg Borough, Allegheny County, will occur tonight, Thursday, March 16 weather permitting.

Intermittent traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur on northbound Route 28 at the Highland Park Bridge interchange from 9 p.m. Thursday night to 6 a.m. Friday morning.  Crews will conduct shielding installation work.

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.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNewsand like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportationand Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/.

CONTACT: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov

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