{"id":55404,"date":"2025-12-08T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/55404\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:59:06","slug":"overnight-ramp-closures-planned-for-fort-duquesne-bridge-this-week-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/55404\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight ramp closures planned for Fort Duquesne Bridge this week \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 PennDOT has announced overnight closures for the Route 65 and I-279 ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburgh, scheduled from Monday to Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The closures will occur nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. to facilitate bridge deck and barrier repair work. Southbound I-279 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will be closed Monday through Friday nights, while southbound Route 65 will be closed on Monday and Tuesday nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The repair work is intended to maintain the safety and integrity of the Fort Duquesne Bridge, which is a crucial connector in the Pittsburgh area. PennDOT has scheduled the closures to minimize disruption during peak traffic hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Weather conditions may affect the schedule, as the work is planned to proceed weather permitting. Motorists are advised to plan alternative routes during the closure hours to avoid delays.<\/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\">\u00a92025 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 PennDOT has announced overnight closures for the Route 65 and I-279 ramps to the Fort Duquesne&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[869,30707,12256,30705,73,75,74,30706,12258,12257,3881],"class_list":["post-55404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-channel_11","tag-fort_duquene_bridge","tag-fort_duquesne_bridge","tag-north_shore_expressway","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-route_65","tag-tricia_pittman","tag-west_end_bridge","tag-wpxi-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55404","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=55404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}