Drivers should be prepared for slower traffic in two of Pittsburgh\u2019s largest tunnels on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
PennDOT plans to institute mobile single-lane restrictions in the Fort Pitt Tunnel and Liberty Tunnel on Sunday morning as it conducts survey work.<\/p>\n
Inbound restrictions in the Fort Pitt Tunnel will take place from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., while outbound restrictions will take place from 7:30 to 8 a.m.<\/p>\n
Inbound restrictions in the Liberty Tunnel will take place from 8 a.m. to 8:30, while outbound restrictions will take place from 8:30 to 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Traffic may stop for up to 15 minutes, PennDOT spokeswoman Nicole Haney said in a release.<\/p>\n
Western Pennsylvanians should also take note of the following upcoming closures:<\/p>\n
Allegheny County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Edgewood: Chestnut Street will close between Elm Street and Aberdeen Street beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday and around the clock through mid-September. Crews are repairing the structure that carries Chestnut Street over I-376 with new fences, barriers and sidewalks. Commuters south of the closure can follow a posted detour via Gordon Street and Edgewood Avenue. Commuters north of the closure can follow Edgewood Avenue and Oakview Avenue.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plum: Hulton Road will close in both directions between Eastern Avenue and Morath Lane beginning Monday and through Sept. 7. During the closure, PRT\u2019s P16-Penn Hills Flyer via Harmar will operate as P16L-Penn Hills Flyer via Leechburg. PRT service to and from Harmar, Oakmont, Hulton Road and Hulton Arbors will pause until the road reopens.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Richland: Route 910 will close between Route 8 and Middle Road from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and will then be limited to single-lane alternating traffic until 5 a.m. on Monday. Crews are milling and paving the road. Commuters can follow a posted detour via Route 8, Wildwood Road Extension and Middle Road during the closure. Flaggers will be on site to direct traffic during the lane restriction.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Collier: A single-lane restriction will take place southbound on I-79 from the Carnegie interchange (Exit 57) and around half a mile beyond it from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday night. Workers are patching the road.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marshall and Franklin Park: A single-lane restriction will take place northbound on I-79 between the off- and on-ramps at the Route 910\/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange beginning Monday and from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly through Friday. Workers are constructing a new interchange in Wexford worth $46.5 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Robinson: A single-lane restriction will take place on Route 22\/30\/60 (Steubenville Pike\/Lincoln Highway) between Park Manor Drive and Montour Church Road beginning on Monday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through Friday. Crews are working on a structure over I-376.<\/p>\n
Butler County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Buffalo: Ekastown Road will close between its intersections with Parker Road and Meadow Street on Tuesday. Workers are replacing a pipe. Drivers can follow a posted detour via Route 228, Route 356, Route 28 and Route 908.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cranberry: Franklin Road will close between Cranberry Commons Drive and Mars Road beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday and around the clock through 7 p.m. on Sept. 3. Workers are continuing a $19.1 million safety improvement project in the corridor that includes shoulder widening, rumble strips and sight distance upgrades. Drivers can follow a posted detour via Peters Road, Route 19 and Route 228. Mars Road will remain open during the project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Butler and Summit: Rolling closures will take place in 15-minute intervals on Route 422 west from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and on Route 422 east during the same hours on Tuesday. Workers are completing a $6.2 million project to rehabilitate the Shearer Bridge.<\/p>\n
Fayette County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Perry: The Layton Bridge over the Youghiogheny River will close beginning Tuesday at 6 a.m. and through Friday at 6 p.m. The Allegheny Trail will also close daily from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Crews are setting beams on the nearby Washington Run Bridge and addressing an unstable rock face. Drivers can follow a posted detour.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jefferson: Tippecanoe Road will close between Laureldale Road and Crabapple Road beginning Thursday and through early October. Contractors are performing slide repairs. Drivers can follow a posted detour via Laureldale Road, Perry Road and Route 51.<\/p>\n
Westmoreland County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Delmont, Murrysville, Salem and Washington: Single-lane restrictions will take place between Manor Road and the Route 356 split intersection beginning Monday and daily from 6:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. through the end of October. Workers are completing infrastructure projects along the corridor worth $12.9 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers should be prepared for slower traffic in two of Pittsburgh\u2019s largest tunnels on Sunday morning. PennDOT plans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-265652","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\/265652","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=265652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}