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Construction around the region
Friday, September 05, 2008
SPECIAL NOTES

Seatbelt success -- PennDOT has received a $28 million federal Safety Belt Performance grant for achieving a seatbelt usage rate of more than 85 percent for two consecutive years. Only four other states qualified for the money.

PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE

Blasting in Westmoreland -- Traffic stopped for up to 20 minutes between Irwin and New Stanton interchanges 9 a.m.-noon, Monday through Thursday, and occasionally early Saturday, for excavation in advance of widening the road to three lanes in each direction. No more than one stoppage each day.

New Stanton Service Plaza -- Facility at Milepost 78 in Hempfield, serving westbound traffic only, closed for reconstruction. To be reopened by Memorial Day, featuring a food court.

INTERSTATES

I-70, Washington County -- Ten-mile resurfacing project under way between Kammerer Exit and I-79 South Junction. Contractor works 8 p.m.-8 a.m. most days, weather permitting.

I-79, Bridgeville -- New on-ramp from Route 50 to I-79 north is open. Some restrictions will still occur through early October for completion of the $6.1 million project.

I-279, Ross -- Inbound lanes have been reopened. HOV lanes remain closed and will be used for northbound traffic starting in about a week. Off-peak restrictions on mainline.

Parkway East -- Single lane outbound on the mainline, starting at Bates Street interchange and extending to Monroeville. Also, ramp closing and restrictions up to 5 a.m. Monday. The Brinton Road overpass in Edgewood will be closed tomorrow through Oct. 8. Detour will be posted.

Parkway West, Banksville -- Lane closures, other restrictions overnight through Sept. 15 while work takes place on the overpass at Banksville Interchange. Traffic still maintained through the area and on ramps.

Parkway West, Robinson -- Single-lane outbound traffic restrictions scheduled for this weekend have been cancelled. Around-the-clock, single-lane closure inbound through late November around the Montour Run Interchange for overpass repairs. Occasional ramp restrictions, closures during off-peak hours through the $7.4 million work zone.

TUNNELS

Liberty Tunnels -- Outbound (southbound) tunnel is closed 10 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights through February for $5.3 million in repairs, new portals. Detour via McArdle Roadway to Route 51/Route 19. Inbound tunnel not affected.

STATE, U.S. HIGHWAYS

Route 19, Marshall -- Single-lane traffic patterns weeknights for repairs on the Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass just south of Cranberry. Late September finish.

Business Route 22, Monroeville/Wilkins -- Traffic reduced to a single lane each direction, 9:30 p.m.-9 a.m. weekdays through late October, for resurfacing between the Parkway East and Route 48, a total of four miles.

Route 22, Westmoreland County -- All four lanes have reopened in the 4.5-mile construction zone between Cozy Inn Cutoff and Route 66 interchange, Delmont, after three years and $43.8 million worth of widening, safety improvements.

Route 28, Etna area -- Yearlong project under way to improve outbound Route 28 from Etna to the Highland Park Bridge. Last week, PennDOT closed Ravine Street to accommodate overpass construction. Detour posted.

Route 51, Banksville -- Ramp from Route 51 north to the Parkway West outbound closed nightly next week, starting 6 p.m. Sunday. Detour by going to West End Circle and looping back.

Route 130, Hempfield -- Both inside (passing) lanes closed for patching, paving between Locust Valley Road and the railroad tunnel near Seton Hill College.

Route 837, West Mifflin and Dravosburg -- Alternating, single-lane traffic 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for resurfacing from the railroad tracks near the Mansfield Bridge to north of the Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge. Overnight resurfacing on 2.3 miles from New England Road to McClure Street, Dravosburg.

OTHER ROADS

Boulevard of the Allies, Oakland -- Closed outbound east of the Parkway East entrance for interchange reconstruction. The inbound ramp to I-579 north that had been closed for repairs since Aug. 1 opened Friday.

Penn Avenue, East Liberty -- Traffic shifted from the eastbound lanes to the newly reconstructed inbound lanes, latest phase of the $3.1 million project covering 1.2 miles of Fifth Avenue/Route 8 and Penn Avenue.

MAJOR BRIDGES

62nd Street Bridge -- Repairs and facelift that have restricted traffic since early March are to be completed in early November.

Rankin Bridge -- One lane of traffic in each direction while the bridge undergoes a two-year rehabilitation.

Veterans Bridge, I-579 -- Single-lane closures, traffic shifts 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays while expansion dams are repaired on the bridge approach ramp from I-279 south.

PORT AUTHORITY

Downtown closing -- Stanwix Street between Penn and Liberty avenues will be closed starting Monday for construction of the new Gateway Center T station, part of the $435 million light-rail extension to the North Sore. Motorists can use Sixth Street, Liberty Avenue, Commonwealth Place and Fort Duquesne Bouelvard to detour.


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Joe Grata can be reached at jgrata@post-gazette.com.
First published on September 5, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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