Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing the closure of a portion of East Carson Street (Route 837) in the
City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will occur Sunday, May 21 weather
permitting.
East Carson Street
will close to traffic in both directions from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday between
Becks Run Road and 33rd Street to
allow crews from Henkels & McCoy to conduct utility pole installation work
for Duquesne Light. Traffic on East Carson Street will be detoured.
Posted Detours
South of the Closure
From southbound Route 837, take
the ramp to South 837/North 885 toward Homestead/Glenwood Bridge
Stay straight to North 885
toward the Glenwood Bridge
Cross the Glenwood Bridge and
continue on northbound Route 885 (Second Avenue)
Second Avenue become Irvine
Street
At the intersection with
Greenfield Avenue, turn left and continue on northbound Route 885 (Second
Avenue)
Turn left onto Hot Metal Street
Follow Hot Metal Street back to
Route 837
End detour
North of the Closure
From northbound Route 837, turn
right onto Hot Metal Street
Turn right onto southbound
Route 885 (Second Avenue)
At the intersection with
Greenfield Avenue, turn right to continue on southbound Route 885 (Irvine
Street)
Irvine Street becomes Second
Avenue
Cross the Glenwood Bridge
Take the ramp To 837 toward
Glass Run Road/Carson Street/Homestead
At the stop sign turn left onto
Glass Run Road
Turn left at the traffic light
onto the ramp to Routes 885/837
End detour
Additional work
requiring weekend closures is anticipated. Information will be provided in
advance of any closures.
PennDOT is not involved in this work and is
providing this information as a public service announcement only. For
information contact Robert Teachout at 412-216-5037.
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.
CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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