{"id":250876,"date":"2026-07-24T04:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250876\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:22:07","slug":"penndot-announces-restrictions-on-i-579-over-the-weekend-for-bridge-inspection-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250876\/","title":{"rendered":"PennDOT announces restrictions on I-579 over the weekend for bridge inspection activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that bridge inspection activities will require lane restrictions on I-579 in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Restrictions start on Saturday and continue on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The inspections, focusing on the Center Avenue structure, will occur from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The planned restrictions will include traffic shifts and shoulder closures affecting specific lanes and ramps connected to Bigelow Boulevard and Seventh Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Despite these necessary inspection activities, all affected ramps will remain open to traffic throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On Saturday, traffic will be shifted on the northbound I-579 left-hand off-ramp that leads to Convention Center\/7th Avenue. The shoulder will close on the northbound I-579 right-hand lane to East 380\/Bigelow Boulevard, with traffic also shifted in this area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For Sunday, a lane restriction will be implemented on southbound I-579 between the Bigelow Boulevard and Seventh Avenue on-ramps. Traffic will be shifted on the Seventh Avenue ramp that leads to southbound I-579.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Crews from the Azalea Group and the Sofis Rigging Company are scheduled to conduct the inspection work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Drivers are asked to plan ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that bridge inspection activities will require lane restrictions on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[107282,107280,107278,107277,3431,37086,7874,73,107281,75,107279,74,14571],"class_list":["post-250876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bigelow-blvd","tag-center-avenue-inspection","tag-i-579-restrictions","tag-i579","tag-penndot","tag-penndot-restrictions","tag-pennsylvania-department-of-transportation","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-bridge-inspections","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-i-579-restrictions","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}