{"id":261217,"date":"2026-08-07T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261217\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:38:07","slug":"more-parkway-north-lane-closures-detours-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261217\/","title":{"rendered":"More Parkway North Lane Closures, Detours Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

I-279 northbound (outbound) will be fully closed between the McKnight Road\/Evergreen Road exit ramp (Exit 4) and the I-279 North on-ramp from Camp Horne Road from two hours after the 7:15 p.m. Pirates game concludes (or 9 p.m. if the game is postponed) until 9 a.m. The I-279\/I-579 HOV northbound (outbound) lanes will be closed from two hours after the Pirates game concludes (or 9 p.m. if the game is postponed) until 10 a.m. <\/p>\n

This schedule is weather-dependent. Demolition work cannot take place during heavy rainfall or when lightning is in the area.<\/p>\n

When I-279 northbound (outbound) is fully closed:<\/p>\n

I-279 northbound traffic will be detoured<\/a> back to I-279 using McKnight Road, Babcock Boulevard, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.
Union Avenue traffic to I-279 northbound will be detoured<\/a> using Gass Road, Highland Avenue, Perry Highway, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.
Cemetery Lane traffic to I-279 northbound will be detoured<\/a> using Perry Highway, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road. <\/p>\n

When the I-279 North on-ramp from Cemetery Lane is closed, traffic will be detoured<\/a> using Perry Highway, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.<\/p>\n

Periodic closures of I\u2011279 and the I-279\/I-579 HOV lanes are expected through August. A detailed schedule of closures for the following week will be released every Friday until the work is complete.<\/p>\n

I-279 and the I-279\/I-579 HOV lanes are maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). 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":"I-279 northbound (outbound) will be fully closed between the McKnight Road\/Evergreen Road exit ramp (Exit 4) and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-261217","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\/261217","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=261217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}