Busy ramp off Parkway East closing nightly starting Monday

PITTSBURGH — A busy ramp off the Parkway East is closing nightly starting Oct. 9.

The Forbes Avenue/Oakland Exit will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. through late December.

It’s part of a $35.4 million project involving several bridges and ramps around the Boulevard of the Allies.

Here’s PennDOT’s detour:

• Pass the closed ramp.
• Continue through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
• Take the ramp to the Edgewood Swissvale Exit.
• Bear right toward Swissvale.
• Left onto Monongahela Avenue.
• Left onto South Braddock Avenue.
• Take the ramp toward 376 West.
• Go through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
• Take the ramp to North 885 Oakland to Bates Street.
• Turn left onto Boulevard of the Allies.
• Turn right onto Craft Avenue.

You can find more information here.

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