Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing overnight closures on the 7th Avenue ramps from I-579 and Bedford Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur this week, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, January 17-18 weather permitting.
Overnight closures will occur from 8 p.m. through 5 a.m. each night as needed on the following ramps:
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Bedford Avenue ramp to 7th Avenue
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Northbound I-579 ramp to 7th Avenue
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Southbound I-579 ramp to 7th Avenue
Crews will conduct cable installation work. To allow this work to occur, ramp traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detours
Bedford Avenue Ramp to 7th Avenue
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From Bedford Avenue, turn left onto Logan Street
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Turn right onto Centre Avenue
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Turn right onto 6th Avenue
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Turn right onto Grant Street
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Follow Grant Street to 7th Avenue
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End detour
Northbound I-579 Ramp to 7th Avenue
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Continue northbound on I-579 past the closed ramp
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Take the PPG Arena/Centre Avenue ramp
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Turn left onto Washington Place
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Turn left onto Centre Avenue
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Turn right onto 6th Avenue
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Turn right onto Grant Street
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Follow Grant Street to 7th Avenue
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End detour
Southbound I-579 Ramp to 7th Avenue
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From the 7th Avenue/6th Avenue off-ramp from southbound I-579, bear left toward PPG Arena/6th Avenue
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Turn right onto 6th Avenue
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Turn right onto Grant Street
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Follow Grant Street to 7th Avenue
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End Detour
Crews from Duquesne Light will conduct cable installation work.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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