The closures will occur on Thursday, April 6 while crews from Swank Construction Company install new guide rail according to the following schedules:

Northbound Route 28 to Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road

• Beginning at approximately 7 a.m. through 9 a.m.

Southbound Route 28 to Fox Chapel Road

• Beginning at approximately 3 p.m. through 5 p.m.

Motorists using the detour route from northbound Highland Park Bridge to southbound Route 28 should consider using the alternative route. Detour information below.

Posted Detours

Northbound Route 28 to Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road

• From northbound Route 28 continue past the closed Fox Chapel Road/Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road exit (Exit 8)

• Take RIDC Park (Exit 10) exit

• Turn left onto Gamma Drive

• Turn left onto the ramp to Route 28 southbound

• Take Fox Chapel (Exit 8) exit

• End Detour

Southbound Route 28 to Fox Chapel Road (Exit 8)

• Take RIDC Park (Exit 10) exit

• Turn right onto Gamma Drive

• Turn left onto Alpha Drive

• Turn right onto Freeport Road

• End detour

Northbound Highland Park Bridge to Southbound Route 28

• Take Route 8 (Butler Street/Washington Boulevard) northbound

• Turn right onto the 62nd Street Bridge

• Take the ramp to Route 28 via Sharpsburg

• Continue straight on Bridge Street

• Turn left onto the ramp to southbound Route 28

• End detour

Single-lane restrictions will continue through late-August in both directions on Route 28 as crews from Swank Construction Company perform miscellaneous construction activities including guide rail and signage updates. Restrictions will continue according to the following locations and schedule:

Northbound

• Restrictions from Delafield Avenue (Exit 7) to south of the Harmar interchange (Exit 11) from 3:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Southbound

• Restrictions from north of the Harmar interchange (Exit 11) and one-half mile south of the Fox Chapel interchange (Exit 8) from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

This work is weather dependent and restrictions may not occur daily.

The work is part of the $15.32 million project to improve approximately 3.5 miles of Route 28 between the Delafield Avenue exit (Exit 7) and the Harmar Township line, approximately 1.75 miles north of the RIDC Park (Exit 10) interchange. Construction will include minor road widening of the southbound lanes near the Freeport Road on-ramp (Exit 8) interchange to allow for the existing lanes to be reassigned. At the completion of the project, southbound Route 28 will maintain two through lanes and an exit only off-ramp to Fox Chapel Road. Work included reconstruction of the Delafield Avenue ramps, concrete preservation work on the Fox Chapel ramps, milling and paving work on the RIDC Park ramps, and bridge preservation work on all structures within the project limits. Additionally, highway lighting upgrades, ITS upgrades, green stormwater features, guide rail upgrades, rockfall area cleanouts and fence repairs, and other miscellaneous construction are part of the project.

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Contact: Nicole Haney, nhaney@pa.gov

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