Fort Duquesne Bridge Preservation Project Preparatory Work Begins Wednesday Night in Pittsburgh

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that preparatory work for the Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) and associated ramps preservation project in the City of Pittsburgh will begin tomorrow night, weather permitting. 

The following roads and ramps will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. weeknights, as needed, through July 1st to allow crews from Swank Construction Company, LLC to take field measurements for the Fort Duquesne Bridge preservation project: 

  • Northbound (upper deck) and southbound (lower deck) I-279 Fort Duquesne Bridge 
  • The ramps that carry Route 65 traffic to and from the Fort Duquesne Bridge