When the parkway southbound (inbound) is fully closed, traffic will be detoured back to I-279 using Camp Horne Road, Lowries Run Road, Rochester Road, Babcock Boulevard and McKnight Road. <\/p>\n
For parkway southbound traffic to Union Avenue in Ross, the detour includes Camp Horne Road, Lowries Run Road, Rochester Road, Perry Highway, Highland Avenue and Gass Road. <\/p>\n
Periodic closures of I-279 and the I-279\/I-579 HOV lanes are expected to continue through August. A detailed schedule of closures for each upcoming week will be released every Friday until the work is complete. Construction of a new bridge is expected to begin in 2027 as a separate project.<\/p>\n
Jacks Run Bridge No. 3 was closed in July 2025 after inspectors identified corrosion in the bridge\u2019s only pier. The Federal Highway Administration is funding the entire $2.8 million project, which began in April.<\/p>\n
PennDOT is overseeing the federal funds for the project, with Swank Construction Company of New Kensington serving as the primary contractor. The section of I-279 near Jacks Run Bridge No. 3 is used by an average of 73,367 vehicles daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the parkway southbound (inbound) is fully closed, traffic will be detoured back to I-279 using Camp Horne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-253040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253040","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=253040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}