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Next phase of I-279 improvement project underway

The next phase of the I-279 Parkway North Improvement Project is underway.

Prep work started at 7 p.m. Friday for a new traffic configuration south of the McKnight Road interchange for the I-279 Parkway North project.  Once the prep work is complete, the new configuration will be opened to traffic.  The configuration could be implemented as early as Saturday, but will be in place by 6 a.m. Monday morning at the latest, officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.

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Drivers will see the following configuration:

  • Two southbound lanes will continue to shift from the high occupancy vehicle lanes back into mainline I-279 near the Venture Street interchange.
  • A single lane of the closed portion of the HOV lanes will reopen to traffic.
  • Motorists in the left-hand lane approaching the shift to mainline I-279 at Venture Street may choose to stay in the newly reopened HOV lane.
  • Motorists using the HOV lane will only be able to use the slip ramp to southbound I-279 south of the I-579/Veterans Bridge exit.  No access to Anderson Street or Stadium Drive will be permitted.
  • Additionally, motorists using the HOV lane will not have access to the North 28/East Street (Exit 2B) or South I-579/Veterans Bridge (Exit 2A) exits.
  • The Bedford Avenue HOV lane will only open prior to Penguins home games.
  • No HOV access in the northbound direction will occur.
  • The ramp from North Canal Street to southbound I-279 will be reduced to a single lane to accommodate reconstruction work. The ramp will remain open to traffic but will be placed in a stop condition at I-279.
  • Mainline I-279 between the I-579/Veterans Bridge off-ramp and Anderson Street will be reduced to a single lane.
  • The work zone from Camp Horne Road to the McKnight Road interchange will remain unchanged.
The $87.94 million project includes concrete patching and overlay, preservation of 30 bridges and 49 overhead sign structures, repairs to 29 walls, ramp repairs, lighting improvements, 

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lane operation systems upgrades, sign upgrades, guide rail and drainage improvements and an anti-icing system installation on bridges at the McKnight Road interchange. Work will occur in the southbound direction in 2017.

Channel 11's Trisha Pittman will stay on top of changing traffic patterns as the Parkway North improvement project continues. Look for her updates on Facebook, Twitter and on Channel 11 News.

 

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