{"id":259428,"date":"2026-08-05T05:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259428\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:18:14","slug":"roadwork-on-parkway-east-set-to-get-underway-soon-to-address-flooding-at-the-bathtub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259428\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadwork on Parkway East set to get underway soon to address flooding at the ‘Bathtub’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roadwork on Parkway East set to get underway soon to address flooding at the ‘Bathtub’<\/p>\n

\"Jordan<\/a>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n

A flood-prone portion of Parkway East will be under construction, starting in the next few months. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s called the \u2018Bathtub\u2019 for a reason,\u201d Adam Sam of Green Tree said. <\/p>\n

The \u201cBathtub\u201d section of the parkway got its nickname because of how often it floods with water from the neighboring Monongahela River. <\/p>\n

PennDOT plans to fix the problem with an upcoming floodwall reconstruction project. <\/p>\n

According to PennDOT, the project will consist of increasing the height of the existing floodwalls. <\/p>\n

Officials told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 on Tuesday that work will likely begin in early October, but it\u2019s possible it will get underway even sooner in late September. <\/p>\n

Official dates will be set once a contract is awarded. <\/p>\n

Jason Zang, a PennDOT District 11 Executive, previously said the \u201cBathtub\u201d floods at a 25-foot flood stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will get us five more feet. We think it\u2019s going to drastically reduce how much the \u201cBathtub\u201d floods,\u201d Zang said at a news conference in April. <\/p>\n

Drivers should expect to see a few traffic changes in the near future, including a long-term Westbound lane restriction, an on-ramp closure from Grant Street, and an off-ramp closure to Stanwix Street. <\/p>\n

The \u201cBathtub\u201d will be fully closed for a week and a half in 2027. <\/p>\n

“Maybe they’ll get it done quicker than they expect, like they did for the Commercial Street Bridge,\u201d Sam said. <\/p>\n

The floodwall reconstruction project is expected to last through late 2027\/early 2028, according to PennDOT officials. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roadwork on Parkway East set to get underway soon to address flooding at the ‘Bathtub’ PITTSBURGH \u2014 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-259428","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\/259428","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=259428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}