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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight, weather permitting, a lane restriction on northbound I-279 (Parkway North) in the City of Pittsburgh will begin. As needed, traffic will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic on northbound I-279 to allow repair work on the I-579 HOV substructures. The lane restriction on I-279 will occur between the North 28 Chestnut Street/East Ohio Street/Etna (Exit 1D) off-ramp and the East Ohio Street overpass. Repair work will be conducted by crews from Swank Construction. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, the schedule for this work can be found below:

• 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. today through Friday, August 22nd

• 9 P.M. Friday, August 22nd continuously through 5 A.M. on Monday, August 25th 

• 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. on Monday August 25th through Friday, August 29th

None of this work will happen during the weekend of Labor Day in 2025.