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Roads, Ramps, Tunnel Closed This Weekend

Choose your route from Peters Township carefully during the next few days.

Choose your route from carefully this weekend.

Several key roads, ramps and a tunnel will be closed. Below is a summary of the major closings and restrictions, courtesy of PennDOT.

Parkway East
Tunnel rehabilitation
The inbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel on the Parkway East will be closed from 9 p.m. on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday for rehabilitation work. The outbound (eastbound) tunnel will remain open. 

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Bridge inspection
Work to inspect the Smithfield Street Bridge over eastbound I-376 will occur from 6 a.m. to noon Saturday. Single lane closures will occur on eastbound I-376 in the area under the Smithfield Street Bridge (near Grant Street Exit 71A).

Fort Pitt/Fort Duquesne Bridge Ramps
Resurfacing
The ramp that connects the inbound Fort Pitt Bridge to the outbound Fort Duquesne Bridge will be closed from 10 p.m. on Friday through approximately 5 a.m. on Monday for improvements. The following ramps will also be closed:

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  • Ramps from Fort Pitt Bridge to Fort Duquesne Boulevard and the 10th Street Bypass
  • Ramp from southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge to Fort Duquesne Boulevard. 

I-579/Crosstown Boulevard/Veterans Bridge
Ramp improvements
The ramp from the inbound Liberty Bridge to northbound I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) will be closed to allow crews to continue wall rehabilitation from 8 p.m. on Friday through 6 a.m. on Monday. Note: The ramp will reopen from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday to accommodate traffic attending the concert at Consol Energy Center. The HOV lanes on the Parkway North (I-279) will be closed this weekend for the Pittsburgh Triathlon.

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