Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing a full weekend closure of the Boulevard of Allies (Route 885) in the
City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Friday night, July 7 through
Monday morning, July 10 weather permitting.
The southbound
(outbound) lanes of the Boulevard of the Allies will close to traffic between
the Liberty Bridge and Jumonville Street from 9 p.m. Friday night continuously
through 5 a.m. Monday morning.
Additionally, the southbound lanes will close to traffic from 9 p.m.
Thursday night, July 6 through 5 a.m. Friday, July 7. Crews will conduct
concrete expansion dam replacement, concrete bridge deck repairs, concrete
substructure work, and miscellaneous construction activities.
All southbound lanes
of the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed and detoured.
Posted Detours - Cars
I-579 Crosstown
Boulevard Ramp to the Boulevard of the Allies
From southbound I-579, take the
ramp to 7th
Avenue/6th
Avenue
Stay left to the ramp to PPG
Arena/6th
Avenue
Continue straight toward 6th Avenue
Cross 6th Avenue and continue straight
onto Ross Street
Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
Follow Forbes Avenue into
Oakland
Turn right onto Craft Avenue
Follow Craft Avenue to
Boulevard of the Allies
End detour
From Bedford Avenue to
the Boulevard of the Allies
Turn onto Crawford Street
Turn right onto Centre Avenue
Turn right onto 6th Avenue
Turn left onto Ross Street
Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
Follow Forbes Avenue into
Oakland
Turn right onto Craft Avenue
Follow Craft Avenue to
Boulevard of the Allies
End detour
From Bigelow Boulevard
to the Boulevard of the Allies
From Bigelow Boulevard, stay
right to the ramp to PPG Arena/6th Avenue
Continue straight toward 6th Avenue
Cross 6th Avenue and continue straight
onto Ross Street
Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
Follow Forbes Avenue into
Oakland
Turn right onto Craft Avenue
Follow Craft Avenue to
Boulevard of the Allies
End detour
For motorists
continuing to I-376 (Parkway East) from Southbound I-579, Bedford Avenue, or
Bigelow Boulevard
Turn left onto the Boulevard of
the Allies
Turn right onto Bates Street
Turn left onto the ramp to East
376 toward Monroeville
End detour
From Liberty Bridge to
the Boulevard of the Allies
From the Liberty Bridge, take
the ramp toward Oakland/Monroeville /Boulevard of the Allies to 376 East
Turn left onto the Boulevard of
the Allies
Continue on the Boulevard of
the Allies to Wood Street
Turn left onto Wood Street
Continue straight and follow
sign for 376 East toward Monroeville/Grant Street
Take the right-hand ramp to
I-376
From eastbound I-376, take the
ramp to Forbes Avenue/Oakland (Exit 72A)
Turn right onto Craft Avenue
Follow Craft Avenue to
Boulevard of the Allies
End detour
Posted Detour – Trucks
All trucks should use
the Fort Duquesne Bridge to eastbound I-376 (Parkway East). However, the following detour can be used if
detour signs are missed.
I-579 Crosstown
Boulevard Ramp to the Boulevard of the Allies
From southbound I-579, take the
ramp to 7th
Avenue/6th
Avenue
Stay left to the ramp to PPG
Arena/6th
Avenue
Continue straight toward 6th Avenue
Turn right onto 6th Avenue
Turn left onto Wood Street
Turn left onto the Boulevard of
the Allies
Turn right onto the ramp to 376
East toward Monroeville
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.
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Contact: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov
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