More Parkway North Closures, Detours Announced

PITTSBURGH, PA — Prepare for more evening traffic headaches on the Parkway North.

The Allegheny County Department has announced today the upcoming schedule for the overnight closures of the parkway and the I-279/I-579 High Occupancy Vehicle lanes in Pittsburgh, Ross and Ohio townships.

The closures are necessary to demolish Jacks Run Bridge No. 3, which carries Jacks Run Road over I-279 between Bellevue Road/Bellpark Drive and Kane Lane in Ross.

Monday night (August 3) to Friday morning (August 7)

• The parkway northbound (outbound) will be fully closed between the McKnight Road/Evergreen Road exit ramp (Exit 4) and the on-ramp from Camp Horne Road from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. nightly.
• The parkway/I-579 HOV northbound (outbound) lanes will be closed from 8 p.m.-6 a.m. nightly.
  
• The left lane of parkway southbound (inbound) under Jacks Run Road will be closed from 7 p.m.- 6 a.m. nightly.

Friday night (August 7) to Saturday morning (August 8)

• The parkway9 northbound (outbound) will be fully closed between the McKnight Road/Evergreen Road exit ramp (Exit 4) and the on-ramp from Camp Horne Road from two hours after the 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh Pirates game at PNC Park concludes (or 9 p.m. if the game is postponed) until 9 a.m.
• The parkway/I-579 HOV northbound (outbound) lanes will be closed from two hours after the Pirates game concludes (or 9 p.m. if the game is postponed) until 10 a.m.
• The left lane of the parkway southbound (inbound) under Jacks Run Road will be closed from 7 p.m.-0 a.m.

Aas previously announced, a portion of the parkway and the/I-579 HOV lanes will also be closed this weekend:.

When the parkway northbound (outbound) is fully closed:

• Northbound traffic will be detoured back to I-279 using McKnight Road, Babcock Boulevard, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.
  
• Union Avenue traffic to the parkway will be detoured using Gass Road, Highland Avenue, Perry Highway, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.
  
• Cemetery Lane traffic to the parkway northbound will be detoured using Perry Highway, Rochester Road, Lowries Run Road, and Camp Horne Road.

When the parkway southbound (inbound) is fully closed:

• Southbound traffic will be detoured back to I-279 using Camp Horne Road, Lowries Run Road, Rochester Road, Babcock Boulevard and McKnight Road.
  
• Ssouthbound traffic to Union Avenue in Ross will be detoured using Camp Horne Road, Lowries Run Road, Rochester Road, Perry Highway, Highland Avenue, and Gass Road.
  
• Southbound traffic to Cemetery Lane in Ross will be detoured using Camp Horne Road, Lowries Run Road, Rochester Road, and Perry Highway.

Periodic closures of the parkway and the I-279/I-579 HOV lanes are expected through August.

The parkway and HOV lanes are maintained by PennDOT. The section of the parkway near Jacks Run Bridge No. 3 is used by an

I-279 and the I-279/I-579 HOV lanes are maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The section of the parkway near Jacks Run Bridge No. 3 is used by an average of 73,367 vehicles daily.

The Jacks Run Bridge No. 3 was closed in July 2005, after inspectors identified corrosion in the bridge’s only pier. The bridge carried an average of 4,631 vehicles daily .

Construction of a new $2.8 million bridge will take place as a separate project that is expected to begin next year.