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Sent: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 10:26 am
Subject: Northbound Route 28 Long-Term Single Lane Traffic Begins Tonight between 31st & 40th Street Bridges
Traffic
Advisory
Aug.
30, 2010
Northbound
Route 28 Long-Term Single Lane Traffic Begins Tonight in Millvale
Pittsburgh – PennDOT District
11 is reminding motorists the long-term single lane restriction on northbound
(outbound) Route 28 needed for the East Ohio Street Improvement Project in
Millvale Borough, Allegheny County, will begin at approximately 9 p.m.
tonight, Monday, Aug. 30.
Crews
will be working in the area today to prepare Route 28 for the restrictions, but
the actual single lane configuration on northbound lanes will not be
implemented until tonight.
Beginning
at approximately 9 p.m., outbound traffic on Route 28 will be reduced to a single
lane north of the 31st Street Bridge through the 40th
Street Bridge interchange. The left lane will be closed. Southbound (inbound)
traffic will be shifted away from hillside onto the northbound left lane and
southbound passing lane. Current turning movements and access to the 40th
Street Bridge will not be impacted at this time. Traffic will remain in this
pattern through mid-summer 2012 in the area of the 40th Street
Bridge.
Southbound
traffic will remain open to two lanes during peak periods. PennDOT is advising
motorists southbound traffic will be reduced to single lane nightly this week
from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday nights, Sept. 1-2. Crews will be
placing barrier wall along the right lane.
PennDOT
has been working diligently to make several new traffic cameras available for
the traveling public prior to the start of the northbound restriction. Although
six new cameras have been installed, only three are available for viewing at
this time by accessing www.dot.state.pa.us,
then “PennDOT Near You” on the center of the page, click “11” on the map, and
the “Traffic Cameras” link on the right. The cameras will also be available on 511pa.com later this week. Some video
disruption should be expected as crews continue to work out technical issues.
The new cameras and message boards allow motorists to plan their trip before
traveling. An alternate route for outbound traffic is to use the 31st
Street Bridge or the 16th Street Bridge to Liberty Avenue to Butler
Street through Lawrenceville to the 40th Street Bridge or the
Highland Park Bridge to bypass the work zone. PennDOT, through a separate
contract, constructed improvements at key intersections on the alternate route
to facilitate better traffic flow and turning movements. Signal timings at
these intersections will be adjusted after the long-term northbound Route 28
single lane restriction is in
place.
The
$23.5 million Route 28 East Ohio Street Improvement project includes widening
and reconstruction, drainage, concrete barrier, concrete curb and sidewalk,
highway lighting, signing and pavement marking, sign structures, signals and
ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) installation, wall construction, water
line and sewer relocation, demolition, and other construction from about 1,300
feet north of the 31st Street Bridge (Route 2122) intersection to approximately
2,560 feet north of the 40th Street Bridge (Route 2124) interchange.
The
work at the 40th Street Bridge begins a multi-phase, multi-year
effort to improve Route 28 from Chestnut Street near the Heinz Plant through
the 31st Street Bridge intersection to the Millvale Interchange. The
next phase of work at the 31st Street Bridge will begin in 2011 and
continue through 2014.
To
view a PowerPoint presentation of the overall work on the Route 28 East Ohio
Street improvement project including maps, timeline and renderings of the
completed project, go to www.dot.state.pa.us,
click “Regional Information” then the “11” on the map. This will take web users
to the District 11 homepage. A link to the presentation is provided on the
right.
To
sign up for PennDOT’s Route 28 email notification list for traffic and
construction advisories, send email addresses to jstruzzi@state.pa.us. Please write
“Subscribe – Route 28” in the subject line.
Motorists
are advised to use caution and allow extra time when traveling on Route 28.
PennDOT also reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check
traffic conditions on major roadways before traveling.
Media
Contact: Jim Struzzi, Press Officer
(412)
429-5010 (Office)
(412)
292-9357 (Cell Phone)
Source: PennDOT Engineering District 11
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