(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight through Friday night, weather permitting, overnight closures of the southbound Route 65 ramp to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night, bridge deck and barrier repair work requiring the closure of the ramp that carries southbound Route 65 approach to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge will happen and the Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue/Reedsdale Street ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will close overnights.
The ramp from southbound I-279 (Parkway North) to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will also be closed on those nights. Traffic will be detoured and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here is the detour route for this work:
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
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