Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing the final extended weekend closure of the Route 50 (Washington Pike)
bridge over Chartiers Creek in Bridgeville Borough and South Fayette Township,
Allegheny County, will occur Thursday evening through Monday morning, June 1-5
weather permitting.
The
Route 50 structure over Chartiers Creek between Millers Run Road and Chartiers
Street will close to traffic from 9 p.m. Thursday night continuously through 5
a.m. Monday morning. Crews will conduct bridge deck overlay work, approach
roadway reconstruction, and sign structure and pavement marking installation.
Motorists will be detoured.
Posted
Detours
West
of the Bridge (South Fayette side)
Take Millers Run Road (Route
50) westbound
Take the ramp to northbound
I-79
From northbound I-79, take the
Heidelberg/Collier (Exit 55) off-ramp
Follow to Route 50
End Detour
East
of the Bridge
Follow Route 50 eastbound
Turn left onto the ramp toward
I-79 Erie/Washington
Take the I-79 South ramp toward
Washington
From southbound I-79, take the
Route 50 Bridgeville (Exit 54) off-ramp
Turn right onto Route 50
(Millers Run Road)
Follow to Washington Pike
(Route 50)
End detour
Local
police will assist motorists at various intersections between Millers Run Road
(Route 50) in South Fayette Township and the I-79 ramp in Collier Township.
To
allow bridge work to occur Chartiers Street between Route 50 and Dewey Avenue
and Church Street at Route 50 will close to traffic from 6 p.m. Thursday night
through 5 a.m. Monday morning. Chartiers Street traffic will be detoured via
Route 50, Station Street, Dewey Avenue and Bank Street. Church Street traffic
will be detoured via Station Street and Chess Street.
The
sidewalks on the bridge will close to pedestrian traffic during the bridge
work. A temporary pedestrian shuttle will provide service Friday through Sunday
from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. The pedestrian stops will be located in the
following locations:
Pickup
times at the designated shuttle stops will not exceed 30-minute cycles.
The
structure over Chartiers Creek will be widened to seven lanes using Accelerated
Bridge Construction techniques as part of this $10.78 million improvement
project. An exclusive lane from southbound Washington Pike to northbound I-79,
widening work on the northbound I-79 on-ramp, and Chartiers Street widening to
include a turning lane has already been completed.
The
Joseph B. Fay Company is the prime contractor.
Motorists
can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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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