Southbound Route 28 from the 40th Street Bridge to the 16th Street bridge will be completely closed from 8pm on Tuesday to 5am on Wednesday. Intermittent closures on the northbound side may also occur. Please see announcement below for additional details. *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: Cowan, Steve <stcowan@pa.gov> Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:24 PM Subject: Southbound Route 28 Overnight Closure Tuesday in Pittsburgh To: ** ** *[image: PennDOTColorLogo]*** * * *Traffic Advisory * ** ** *April 26, 2013 * * * *Southbound Route 28 Overnight Closure Tuesday in Pittsburgh* *Inbound Lane Closures the Remainder of the Week* * * *Pittsburgh, PA *- PennDOT District 11 is announcing southbound (inbound) Route 28 in the City of Pittsburgh and Millvale Borough, Allegheny County, will be closed to traffic overnight on Tuesday, April 30, weather permitting.**** ** ** The closure will occur from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday. Southbound traffic will be detoured across the 40th Street Bridge to Butler Street to Penn Avenue to the 16th 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.**** ** ** Northbound (outbound) Route 28 will remain open; however, intermittent traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur as needed. To avoid possible delays, northbound motorists are encouraged to use the detour above as an alternate route in the opposite direction. **** ** ** The closure and stoppages are needed for sign and truss structure erection. **** ** ** Additionally, overnight southbound Route 28 will be reduced to a single lane on Monday, April 29 and Wednesday through Friday, May 1-3. Single lane traffic will occur from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night between the 40thStreet Bridge and East Ohio Street. Intermittent traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur as needed on northbound (outbound) Route 28.**** **** The work is part of the $36.4 million Route 28 Phase IV improvement project.The prime contractor is the Trumbull Corporation of Pittsburgh. Overall work will conclude in fall 2014. **** ** ** Motorists are advised to use caution, expect delays and allow extra time when traveling on Route 28. Call 511 or visit 511pa.com<http://www.511pa.com/>to check traffic conditions before traveling. **** ** ** To sign up for PennDOT’s Route 28 email notification list for traffic and construction advisories, send email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Route 28” in the subject line. **** ** ** *Media Contact: Steve Cowan, Safety Press Officer, *(412) 429-5010 (Office), (412) 292-9357 (Cell Phone)**** ** ** # # #**** ** ** ** **