Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is
announcing overnight closures of the Smithfield Street Bridge which carries
Route 3027 over the Monongahela River in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, will occur Monday through Thursday nights, April 15-18 weather permitting.
The Smithfield Street
Bridge will close to traffic in both directions between Fort Pitt Boulevard and
Carson Street from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night. Crews will conduct preparatory
work in advance of the first weekend closure. Work includes concrete removal
and installation work. Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
South of the Bridge
Take East Carson Street to
SouthTenth Street
Turn onto South Tenth Street
and cross the bridge
Turn left onto Second Avenue
Turn left onto B Street
Turn right onto First Avenue
Turn left onto Grant Street
Turn right onto Fort Pitt
Boulevard
End detour
North of the Bridge
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 X
alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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