(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that the closure of the northbound Route 837 ramp under the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge in the City of Duquesne will begin on Monday, March 2nd, weather permitting. Northbound Route 837 will close to traffic at the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge daily from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. through Sunday, March 8th. All of the northbound Route 837 traffic will be detoured onto the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge, and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, this is the posted detour for this work:

Posted Detour

·       From northbound Route 837 take the left-hand ramp onto the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge toward McKeesport

·       Cross the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge

·       Continue straight to North 148/30

·       Merge onto northbound Route 148 (Fifth Avenue)

·       Turn left onto US 30 (Greensburg Avenue)

·       Turn left onto Navy-Marine Corp Way

·       Turn right onto East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard

·       Turn left on to Braddock Avenue

·       Braddock Avenue becomes Kenmawr Avenue

·       Turn right onto the ramp to the Rankin Bridge

·       Cross the Rankin Bridge to Route 837

·       Turn left onto Route 837 to return to the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge

·       End detour

Crews from Duquesne Light Company will replace poles and connect a new temporary service as part of the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge project.