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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 weeknight this week, bridge deck and barrier repair work requiring the ramp that carries southbound Route 65 approach to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge will close to traffic. The closure of the Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue/Reedsdale Street ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will also happen during the overnights this week. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, here is the detour route and more information about 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
Single-lane restrictions will also occur from 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. each day, as needed through late December on the following City of Pittsburgh roadways:
· 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