Springtime means new road restrictions for constructions projects all the time. Here are details on a few more:
- Parkway West – Overnight ramp closures from the highway to northbound Interstate 79 will begin Thursday and last about a week from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. according to the following schedule: from the westbound Parkway West to northbound I-79 will occur Thursday and Monday with Tuesday as a backup day in case of bad weather and from the eastbound Parkway West to I-79 will occur Tuesday and Wednesday with Thursday as the bad weather day. Detours will be posted. The closures will allow crews to seal joints on the ramps as part of a $15 million project to improve the highway from the Parkway West Airport/Pittsburgh interchange to about a half mile north of the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton interchange. Additionally, as part of the same project, southbound traffic on I-79 will have single-lane restrictions beginning this week while crews do concrete patching from 9 a.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday for seven of the next eight weekends: Friday; May 2, 9, 16, and 30; and June 6 and 13. No work will be done on Memorial Day weekend, which starts May 23.
- Saw Mill Run Boulevard – The highway will have a single-lane restriction from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday between Edgebrook Avenue and Whited Street in Pittsburgh. Frank J. Zottola Construction will be doing emergency sewer repair work for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority.
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.