Please be aware that southbound Route 28 will be completely closed from the 40t Street Bridge to the 16th Street Bridge on Friday night from 8pm to 5am the next morning. There may also be intermittent northbound stoppages. *Emily Keebler **· Office of Patrick Dowd · Pittsburgh City Council District 7* *510 City-County Building · 414 Grant Street · Pittsburgh PA 15219 · 412 255 2140* *emily.keebler@pittsburghpa.gov <emily.keebler@city.pittsburgh.pa.us> · www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district7* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Struzzi, James <JSTRUZZI@pa.gov> Date: Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:53 PM Subject: Southbound Route 28 Closed Friday Night in Millvale To: *[image: PennDOTColorLogo]*** * * *Traffic Alert * ** ** Feb. 22, 2012 * * * * *Southbound Route 28 Closed Friday Night in Millvale* * * *Pittsburgh* – PennDOT District 11 is announcing southbound (inbound) Route 28 (Allegheny Valley Expressway) will be closed at the Millvale Interchange (Exit 3) in the Borough of Millvale, Allegheny County, on Friday night, Feb. 24, weather permitting.**** ** ** The overnight closure will occur from 8 p.m. Friday through approximately 5 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. Brief stoppages for equipment mobilization may also occur on northbound Route 28. Crews will be installing overhead sign structures at the former Millvale Industrial Park and at the Millvale interchange.**** ** ** Southbound traffic will be required to exit at the Millvale off-ramp traveling under Route 28 to the on-ramp to the 40th Street Bridge. Traffic will cross the 40th Street Bridge to Butler Street to Penn Avenue to the 16 th Street Bridge.**** ** ** Traffic on the 40th Street Bridge will not be able to access southbound Route 28; access to northbound Route 28 and Millvale will remain open. **** ** ** Motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns and allow extra time when traveling through the area. **** ** ** The $23.5 million Route 28 East Ohio Street Improvement Project 40th Street Bridge work 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 Trumbull Corporation of Pittsburgh is the prime contractor. **** ** ** 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 the picture under “PennDOT Near You” 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@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Route 28” in the subject line. **** **** PennDOT also reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com<http://www.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**** ** ** # # #**** ** ** ** **