Southbound Route 65, I-279 Overnight Ramp Closures at the Fort Duquesne Bridge This Week in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that the overnight closures of Route 65 and the I-279 (Parkway North) ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge in the City of Pittsburgh continues tonight, weather permitting. The ramps that carry southbound Route 65 and southbound I-279 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will close from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. to allow bridge deck and barrier repair work to occur and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here is the schedule for that work and more information about it:

Monday through Friday nights, December 8th-12th

  • Southbound I-279 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

Monday and Tuesday nights, December 8th-9th

  • Southbound Route 65 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

The Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue/Reedsdale Street ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will also close overnights and ramp traffic will be detoured.

Posted Detours

Southbound Route 65 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

  • From southbound Route 65, take the ramp to South 19/51 toward the West End Bridge
  • Cross the West End Bridge
  • Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
  • Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport
  • Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown
  • Stay left to East 376/South 51
  • Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)
  • Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
  • End detour

I-279 (Parkway North) to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

  • From southbound I-279, take the ramp to North 65 toward Ohio River Boulevard
  • From northbound Route 65, take the ramp to South 19/51 toward the West End Bridge
  • Turn left onto the West End Bridge
  • Cross the West End Bridge
  • Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
  • Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport
  • Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown
  • Stay left to East 376/South 51
  • Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)
  • Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
  • End detour

Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

  • Take Ridge Avenue westbound
  • Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street
  • Turn left onto Western Avenue
  • Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard
  • Continue straight onto the West End Bridge
  • Cross the West End Bridge
  • Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
  • Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport
  • Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown
  • Stay left to East 376/South 51
  • Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)
  • Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
  • End detour

Reedsdale Street to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

  • Follow Reedsdale Street to Allegheny Avenue
  • Turn right onto Allegheny Avenue
  • Turn left onto Ridge Avenue
  • Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street
  • Turn left onto Western Avenue
  • Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard
  • Continue straight onto the West End Bridge
  • Cross the West End Bridge
  • Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
  • Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport
  • Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown
  • Stay left to East 376/South 51
  • Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)
  • Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
  • End detour

Single-lane restrictions will also occur each day, as needed, from 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. through late December on the following roadways in the City of Pittsburgh:

  • 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