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New traffic configuration implemented on southbound I-279

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has implemented a new traffic configuration as the Interstate 279 (Parkway North) improvement project in Ohio and Ross townships and the city of Pittsburgh.

The project, costing $87.94 million, includes concrete patching and overlay, preservation of 30 bridges and 49 overhead structures, repairs to 29 walls, ramp repairs, lighting improvements, high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane operation system upgrades, sign upgrades, guide rail and drainage improvements, and anti-icing system installation on bridges at the McKnight Road interchange, according to a release.

Work will take place southbound in 2017.

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Prep work that required lane closures, traffic shifts and brief stoppages in both directions of the Parkway North continued through Saturday afternoon, at which point the new traffic configuration went into effect.

The following changes were made to southbound I-279:

  • North of the Camp Horne Road exit, the left-hand lane of southbound (inbound) I-279 will be crossed over into the northbound (outbound) lanes. This lane is the express lane.  All traffic in this lane will not have access to the Camp Horne Road (Exit 8) Bellevue/West View (Exit 7) and the Perrysville Avenue (Exit 5) interchanges.
  • The right-hand lane of southbound (inbound) I-279 will remain in place. This is the local lane.  All access to the Camp Horne Road, Bellevue/West View, and Perrysville Avenue exits must be made from this lane.
  • At the Perrysville Avenue interchange, both southbound I-279 lanes will merge into HOV lanes. There will be no access from the Ross Park and Ride lot to the HOV lanes permitted.
  • South of the McKnight Road interchange, near Venture Street, both southbound I-279 lanes will shift from the HOV lanes back into mainline I-279.

Additional restrictions include:

  • The southbound ramp from Cemetery Lane at the Perrysville Avenue interchange to southbound I-279 will close to traffic through early September.
  • The inbound McKnight Road HOV ramp will close to traffic. The ramp from southbound McKnight Road to southbound I-279 will still be open during the beginning phase of work.
  • The Venture Street off-ramp will be closed through early September.  However, the Venture Street on-ramp to southbound I-279 will remain open.
  • The HOV lanes south of the Venture Street area, including access to and from the Bedford Avenue, Anderson Street, and Stadium Drive ramps, will remain closed during this initial phase of work.  No HOV access in the northbound direction will occur.
  • Work on southbound I-279 south of Venture Street will require traffic to be restricted to a single lane during certain weeknights and weekends. Additional schedule information will be provided weekly as the project continues.

Crews from the Trumbull Corp. and Lindy Paving will perform the work.

 

Cox Media Group

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