Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing nightly milling operations as part of the Route 4003 (McKnight Road) project in Ross and McCandless townships, Allegheny County will begin Monday night, May 12 weather permitting.
Crews will conduct milling operations each night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. according to the following schedule:
Monday, May 12
- Single-lane restrictions will occur on the northbound on and off-ramps at Peebles Road
Tuesday, May 13
- Single-lane restrictions will occur on the northbound on and off-ramps at Peebles Road
Wednesday, May 14
- Single-lane restrictions will occur on the southbound off-ramps at Babcock Boulevard
- Southbound McKnight Road will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between Perrymont Road and Babcock Boulevard
Thursday, May 15
- Single-lane restrictions will occur on the southbound off-ramps at Babcock Boulevard
- Southbound McKnight Road will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between Perrymont Road and Babcock Boulevard
Motorists will still have access to the businesses and side streets along the corridor.
Motorists will be driving on milled roadway surfaces until paving work occurs. The paving work is anticipated to begin Saturday, May 17 weather permitting.
Please use caution if traveling in the corridor. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.
This $26.99 million McKnight Road improvement project began in February 2024 between Venture Street and Perrymont Road in the City of Pittsburgh, and Ross and McCandless townships, including Babcock Boulevard/Evergreen Road. Work includes bridge and culvert preservation, milling and paving, base repairs, drainage upgrades, pipe cleaning, guide rail, signal, and ADA ramp upgrades, waterline replacement, concrete mountable curb replacement and new signage and pavement markings. Remaining work in the southbound direction includes drainage updates, milling and paving, and side road adjustments under a lane closure. Side road adjustments and ramp work will occur in the northbound direction. Work is expected to conclude in the summer of 2025. Lindy Paving, Inc. is the prime contractor.
To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for McKnight Road traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to nhaney@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – McKnight Road” in the subject line.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.
Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
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