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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a full weekend closure of the northbound Boulevard of Allies (Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Friday night, April 19 through Monday morning, April 22 weather permitting.

​The northbound (inbound) lanes of the Boulevard of the Allies will close to traffic between Craft Avenue and Jumonville Street from 8 p.m. Friday night continuously through 6 a.m. Monday morning.  Additionally, the following ramps will close: 

• Northbound Boulevard of the Allies ramp to westbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway East) will close from 8 p.m. Friday continuously through 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 24

• The ramp from Fifth Avenue to northbound Boulevard of the Allies will close from 8 p.m. Friday night continuously through 6 a.m. Monday morning.

Posted Detours

Northbound Boulevard of the Allies to I-579

• From the Boulevard of the Allies, turn right onto Craft Avenue

• Turn left onto Fifth Avenue

• Turn right onto Grant Street

• Turn right onto Seventh Avenue

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

• Bear left toward North 579/East 380 toward PPG Arena/Bigelow Boulevard

• Stay left and take the ramp toward North 579 Veterans Bridge

• End detour

Northbound Boulevard of the Allies to the Liberty Bridge

• From the Boulevard of the Allies, turn right onto Craft Avenue

• Turn left onto Fifth Avenue

• Turn left onto Diamond Street

• Turn left onto Sixth Avenue

• Continue straight onto the Crosstown Boulevard

• Follow the Crosstown Boulevard to the Liberty Bridge

• End detour

Northbound Boulevard of the Allies ramp to westbound I-376

• From the Boulevard of the Allies, turn right onto Craft Avenue

• Turn left onto Fifth Avenue

• Turn left onto Ross Street

• Turn right onto First Avenue

• Turn left onto Grant Street

• From Grant Street, take the ramp to West I-376 toward the Fort Pitt Bridge/Airport

• End detour

Fifth Avenue to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies

• Continue on Fifth Avenue past the closed ramp

• Turn left onto Fifth Avenue

• Turn left onto Ross Street

• Turn right onto First Avenue

• Turn left onto Grant Street

• End detour

Additionally, northbound Route 885 and the above listed ramps will close to traffic from 8 p.m. Thursday night, April 18 to 6 a.m. Friday morning, April 19. Crews will conduct preparatory work for the upcoming weekend closure.

Crews will conduct concrete expansion dam replacement, concrete patching and repairs, and miscellaneous construction activities.  This work was originally schedule for the weekend of April 12-15 but was postponed due to inclement weather.

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 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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