Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT has lifted the temporary Tier 2 restrictions on certain vehicles from traveling on several roadways in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties.
The following roadways have been lifted from the Tier 2 restrictions:
Allegheny County
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Interstates 79, 376 (Parkways East and West), 279 (Parkway North), and 579
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Route 28
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U.S. 22/30
Beaver County
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Interstate 376 (Beaver Valley Expressway)
Lawrence County
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Interstates 79 and 376
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, PennDOT temporarily restricted certain vehicles from using the interstates earlier today to help ensure that the interstates remained open during the most challenging conditions of the winter storm.
While PennDOT recommends not traveling during winter storms, 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.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts.
For more winter driving tips and information on how PennDOT treats winter storms, visit www.penndot.gov/winter.
Follow regional PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPittsburgh
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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