With limited work during last week’s holiday weekend, you could count on more work this weekend, especially on the Parkway East. Here’s the rundown:
- Parkway East 1 – The outbound side of the highway will be reduced to one lane from 9 p.m. Friday to Saturday evening between the Greensburg Pike overpass in Churchill and the Business Route 22 exit in Wilkins for milling and paving. If it isn’t done sooner, the work will stop when the Saturday concert ends at Acrisure Stadium. The work is part of the $70.1 million series of improvements between Churchill and Monroeville.
- Parkway East 2 – The single-lane outbound restriction from the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to the Edgewood/Swissvale exit continues until 2 p.m. Friday, including the closure of the entrance ramp from Beechwood Boulevard. Crews are installing a retaining wall outside the tunnel near the Commercial Street Bridge, which is in the process of being replaced. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation closed the Beechwood ramp during the lane restriction in an effort to reduce congestion. A detour is posted.
- Parkway East 3 – An inspection of the Commercial Street Bridge will cause an inbound traffic restriction Saturday and Sunday. Traffic will be reduced to one lane inbound between the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange and the Squirrel Hill Tunnel from 6 a.m. to noon for the inspection by HDR Inc.
- Interstate 79 – Traffic on both sides of the highway in Robinson and Kennedy will be reduced to one lane of traffic on the shoulder for three of the next four weekends between the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh and Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton interchanges. Concrete patching will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and last until 6 a.m. Monday this weekend and the weekends of June 13 and June 20. The work by Golden Triangle Construction Co. Inc. is part of a $15 million project that includes fixing a series of bridges and ramps on that section of the highway.
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.