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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of northbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) and the westbound I-376 (Parkway East) ramp to northbound Boulevard of the Allies in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Friday night, August 4 through Monday morning, August 7 weather permitting.

Northbound (inbound) Boulevard of the Allies will close to traffic between the Birmingham Bridge and Jumonville Street from 8 p.m. Friday night continuously through 6 a.m. Monday morning. Crews will conduct expansion dam replacements, bridge deck repairs, substructure repairs, and other miscellaneous construction activities. Traffic will be detoured.

Additionally, a full closure of the ramp carrying traffic from westbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway East) to northbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) will occur from 8 p.m. Friday night continuously through to 6 a.m. Monday morning. Ramp traffic will be detoured. 

Posted Detours

Northbound Boulevard of the Allies back to the Boulevard of the Allies/Liberty Bridge

• From northbound Boulevard of the Allies, take the ramp to 376 West toward Downtown/Fort Pitt Bridge

• From westbound (inbound) I-376, take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) left-hand off-ramp

• Follow Grant Street to the Boulevard of the Allies

• End detour

Northbound Boulevard of the Allies to Northbound I-579

• From northbound Boulevard of the Allies, take the ramp to 376 West toward Downtown/Fort Pitt Bridge

• From westbound (inbound) I-376, take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) left-hand off-ramp

• From Grant Street, turn right onto Seventh Avenue

• Take the ramp to North 579/East 380 toward PPG Arena/Bigelow Boulevard

• Take the left-hand ramp to North 579/East 380 toward Veterans Bridge/Bigelow Boulevard

• Take the ramp to North 579 toward the Veterans Bridge

• End detour

I-376 Westbound to the Boulevard of the Allies/Liberty Bridge

• From westbound (inbound) I-376, continue past the closed ramp

• Take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) left-hand off-ramp

• Follow Grant Street to the Boulevard of the Allies

• End detour

I-376 Westbound to Northbound I-579

• From westbound (inbound) I-376, continue past the closed ramp

• Take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) left-hand off-ramp

• From Grant Street, turn right onto Seventh Avenue

• Take the ramp to North 579/East 380 toward PPG Arena/Bigelow Boulevard

• Take the left-hand ramp to North 579/East 380 toward Veterans Bridge/Bigelow Boulevard

• Take the ramp to North 579 toward the Veterans Bridge

• End detour

Northbound (inbound) Boulevard of the Allies will close to traffic between the Birmingham Bridge and Jumonville Street and the ramp carrying traffic from westbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway East) to northbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) will close from 8 p.m. Thursday through 6 a.m. Friday morning.

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.

To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Boulevard of the Allies” in the subject line.

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 accessible on the 511PA website.

Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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