Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing slide repair work on a portion of Leechburg Road (Route 2086) in the Borough of Plum, Allegheny County will begin Wednesday, July 5 weather permitting.
A portion of Leechburg Road just east of the intersection with Elicker Road will close to through traffic from 9 a.m. on Wednesday continuously through mid-August. Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detours
West of the Closure
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From Leechburg Road, turn onto Unity Trestle Road
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Bear left onto Old Leechburg Road (Route 2076)
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Turn left onto New Texas Road
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Follow New Texas Road back to Leechburg Road
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End detour
East of the Closure
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Same detour in the opposite direction
The work on Leechburg Road will not begin until slide remediation work is finished on New Texas Road. That work is expected to conclude on Monday, July 3.
Crews from A. Liberoni, Inc. will conduct slide remediation work, paving, and other miscellaneous construction activities.
Please use caution when traveling in the area.
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 accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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