After a light holiday weekend, roadwork kicks back into high gear this week. Here’s where you can expect backups:
- Mon-Fayette Expressway – A section of Coal Valley Road that runs through Jefferson Hills and Clairton will close for two months beginning Tuesday. Coal Valley is expected to be closed between routes 837 and 885 until early August. A 4-mile detour will be posted. The work is part of the construction of the Mon-Fayette Expressway, a toll road the Pennsylvania Turnpike is building between Route 51 in Jefferson Hills and Route 837 in Duquesne.
- Route 28 – Installation of conduit and other prep work will continue at exits between Pittsburgh’s North Side and the Harmar interchange for the $4.8 million system to warn drivers who are going in the wrong direction. Shoulder restrictions will be in place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following schedule: Tuesday through Friday, the inbound and outbound ramps at the Harmar/Interstate 76/Route 910, and Wednesday through Friday at the inbound ramp to the Veterans Bridge/Monroeville and Anderson Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
- McKnight Road – Single-lane restrictions will be used from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as needed through late June between Perrymont Road in McCandless and Venture Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Crews will be sealing joints and working on other punch-list items as the $27 million project nears its completion.
- Interstate 279 – The outbound side of the highway will have a single-lane restriction from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily between the North 28 Chestnut Street/East Ohio Street/Etna off-ramp and the East Ohio Street overpass through late June. The restriction will allow crews to continue overhead repair work on parts of the HOV lanes above I-279.
- Center Street – The street in East Pittsburgh will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday between Grandview Avenue and Main Street. The project includes removing bricks and repaving the street with asphalt. Detours will be posted, and flaggers will help motorists navigate through the area. The project should be finished by the end of the year.
- Parkway East – The outbound right lane and shoulder will have restrictions from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale exit. The restrictions will allow crews to continue work to install a retaining wall near the Commercial Street Bridge. The work is part of the $95 million project to replace the bridge by building the new one adjacent to the current bridge and sliding it into place during a three-week closure of the highway in the summer of 2026.
- Babcock Road – The road in McCandless, Pine and Richland will have single-lane alternating traffic between Cumberland and Valencia roads from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Tuesday and lasting through mid-June. During the restrictions, crews will do drainage work, milling and paving. Flaggers will help motorists navigate through the area.
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.