(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight, weather permitting, preservation work on the northern end of the Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) and associated ramps in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. At approximately 9 P.M. tonight, ramp preservation work including deteriorated concrete repairs to the overhangs and underside of the bridge decks and the back of barriers will begin. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, the locations, dates and times for restrictions are as follows:
- Single-lane and shoulder restrictions will occur on the ramp from southbound Route 65 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge (lower deck) each night from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. through Friday, August 22nd
- Single-lane and shoulder restrictions will occur on the inbound (southbound) I-279 approach to the Fort Duquesne Bridge each night from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. through Friday, August 22nd
- Traffic utilizing the ramp from Ridge Avenue to the Fort Duquesne Bridge (lower deck) will have a stop condition before merging onto the bridge through Friday, August 22nd
From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. through late December, single-lane restrictions will also occur each day, as needed, on the following City of Pittsburgh roadways:
- West General Robinson Street between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way
- Reedsdale Street between Art Rooney Avenue and Tony Dorsett Drive
- Tony Dorsett Drive between Reedsdale Street and North Shore Drive
- North Shore Drive between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way