Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on the ramp that carries traffic from southbound I-579 to the outbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will occur Saturday, September 21 weather permitting.
Crews will conduct inspection activities on the ramp from southbound I-579 to the southbound Boulevard of the Allies. To allow the work to occur, the ramp will close to traffic from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Ramp traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
Southbound I-579 to southbound Boulevard of the Allies
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From southbound I-579, take the ramp to 7th Avenue/6th Avenue
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Take the ramp toward PPG Arena/6th Avenue
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Continue onto 6th Avenue
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Turn left onto Grant Street
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Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
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Turn right onto Craft Avenue
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Follow Craft to the Boulevard of the Allies
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End detour
Bigelow Boulevard to southbound Boulevard of the Allies
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From southbound Bigelow Boulevard, take the ramp to PPG Arena/6th Avenue
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Continue onto 6th Avenue
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Turn left onto Grant Street
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Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
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Turn right onto Craft Avenue
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Follow Craft to the Boulevard of the Allies
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End detour
Crews from Markosky Engineering and the Sofis Rigging Company will conduct the inspection.
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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Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
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