{"id":273486,"date":"2026-08-27T21:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273486\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:42:16","slug":"inbound-liberty-tunnel-in-pittsburgh-to-close-overnight-starting-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273486\/","title":{"rendered":"Inbound Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh to close overnight starting Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The inbound (northbound) Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh will close to traffic overnight starting Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The closure is scheduled from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday, so Mosites Construction Co. can work on replacing the tunnel\u2019s roof, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Here\u2019s PennDOT\u2019s detour:<\/p>\n<p>Take Route 51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard) northboundTake the left exit to I-376 West\/US 19 South toward Carnegie\/Airport\/West EndTake Exit 69A toward US 19 South\/Banksville RoadKeep left (towards South Truck 19\/51) and loop back to I-376 eastbound toward Fort Pitt TunnelFollow eastbound I-376 through Fort Pitt Tunnel and across the Fort Pitt BridgeFor access to I-279 destinations follow I-279 signage, all other destinations take exit toward I-376 East\/MonroevilleTake the left-hand exit to Grant Street (Exit 71A)Turn right onto the Boulevard of the AlliesEnd detour<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The $3.47 million Liberty Tunnel Portal roof replacement project is scheduled for completion later this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Overnight closures and detours will happen on both sides of the Liberty Tunnel, though not both sides at once. <\/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 inbound (northbound) Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh will close to traffic overnight starting Thursday. The closure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20222,91027,91028,73,75,74,115025,115026,115027,37568,115024],"class_list":["post-273486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-liberty-tunnel","tag-liberty-tunnel-closed","tag-liberty-tunnel-roof","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-tunnel","tag-pittsburgh-tunnel-closed","tag-roof-replacement","tag-tunnel","tag-tunnel-closed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273486","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=273486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273486\/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=273486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}