The Liberty Tunnel, which links Downtown to the South Hills, will close inbound from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Monday and through Friday.<\/p>\n
The tunnel has closed several times in recent months as workers from Pittsburgh-based Mosites Construction continue a $3.47 million roof replacement project. PennDOT expects to complete the project by next spring.<\/p>\n
Commuters can follow a posted detour next week via Saw Mill Run Boulevard, the left exit at Parkway West\/Route 19 South toward Carnegie\/Airport\/West End, Exit 69A toward US 19 South\/Banksville Road, and I-376 eastbound through the Fort Pitt Tunnel.<\/p>\n
Western Pennsylvanians should also watch out for the following traffic disruptions next week:<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh<\/p>\n
\u2022 Irregular single-lane restrictions will take place on North Dallas Avenue in Point Breeze North on weekdays any time between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. through early October.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Shoulder closures will take place between the right-hand off-ramp northbound on Route 28 and Chestnut Street beginning Monday and daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday. Crews are installing safety equipment to detect wrong-way drivers as part of a $4.8 million project.<\/p>\n
Allegheny County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plum: Hulton Road will remain closed to traffic between Eastern Avenue and Morath Lane around-the-clock through Friday, October 16. Crews are conducting slide repairs. Commuters can follow a posted detour via Allegheny River Boulevard, Sandy Creek Road and Verona Road.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marshall and Franklin Park: Southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single lane near the Route 910\/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange on Monday from 7 p.m. through 6 a.m. The interstate will be reduced to a single lane in both directions near the Route 910\/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange during the same hours on Wednesday. Workers are continuing the $46.5 million Wexford Interchange Project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hampton: McCully Road is closed between Kenson Drive and Topnick Drive until 5 a.m. on Monday. Workers are continuing a $10.57 million paving project. Commuters can follow a posted detour via Route 8, Harts Run Road and Middle Road.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Richland: Single-lane alternating traffic will take place on Route 910 between Middle Road and Saxonburg Boulevard from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Workers are continuing a $10.4 million paving project. Flaggers will be on site to direct traffic.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Emsworth: Route 65 will have lane restrictions at the intersection with Locust Street from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Green Tree: Lane restrictions will take place on Mansfield Avenue between Greentree Road and Poplar Street beginning on Monday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through Friday. Crews are restoring pavement.<\/p>\n
Butler County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jefferson: Dinnerbell Road is closed between Victory Road and Frazier Road around the clock through October 16. Workers are repairing a railroad tunnel on behalf of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Commuters on the west side of the tracks can follow a posted detour via Route 8, while those on the east side can take West Main Street.<\/p>\n
Fayette County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Upper Tyrone and Bullskin: Single-lane restrictions will take place on Route 119 between the McClure Road intersection and the Kingview\/Crossroads intersection beginning on Monday at 7 p.m. and through Friday at 11 p.m. Crews are reconstructing an interchange in the area.<\/p>\n
Greene County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Morris: Route 18 will close between Mankey Road and Beulah Ridge Road beginning on Monday and through late December. Crews are performing slide repairs as part of a $7.5 million infrastructure project. Commuters can follow a posted detour via Route 221 and Route 19.<\/p>\n
Washington County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Washington: Single-lane restrictions will take place at the intersection of Route 18 and Route 2001 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays between Thursday and Monday, Sept. 28. Workers are performing milling, paving and line painting as part of a $2.25 million bridge replacement project.<\/p>\n
Westmoreland County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Smithton: A portion of 2nd Street will close near the railroad crossing beginning on Wednesday at 6 a.m. and through Saturday at 6 a.m. Commuters can follow a posted detour via Route 981, Stahl Road, Jacobs Creek Road and River Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Liberty Tunnel, which links Downtown to the South Hills, will close inbound from 8 p.m. to 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-290499","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\/290499","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=290499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}