Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing improvement work requiring the closure of a westbound I-376 (Parkway East) on-ramp in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will begin Tuesday, October 17 weather permitting. 

Starting Tuesday, the ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376 will close to traffic weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, October 27. Crews will conduct structural steel repairs and spot painting operations as part of the Smithfield Street Bridge project. Traffic will be detoured via the Boulevard of the Allies and Stanwix Street.  

This $8.49 million bridge preservation project includes steel repairs, spot painting, replacing existing sidewalk in two of the four spans, replacing the epoxy deck surface, concrete deck repairs, concrete and masonry substructure repairs, as well as upgrades to the lane control system and installation of pedestrian signals at the Fort Pitt Boulevard intersection. The project also includes minor preservation work to the bridge carrying Smithfield Street over Station Square Drive. The project will have single-lane traffic maintained throughout the project duration with two full weekend closures expected. Bus traffic will be maintained during the weekend closures and pedestrian access will be maintained throughout the project. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2024.

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.

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