| Contact: | Doug Aiken, Public Works
412-350-2517 office |
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County Public Works today announced the closure of the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge from 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 23, until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 26, weather permitting. The closure is necessary to perform pavement reconstruction on the approach ramps on the Duquesne side. The bridge will also be closed to traffic from 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 7, until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 10, as well as from 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 14, until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 17, weather permitting. Additional advisories will be issued the week of the planned work to confirm the closures.
During the closures of the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge, traffic will follow a posted detour. From McKeesport, all traffic will be detoured onto Route 148 South (Lysle Blvd.). Traffic will then cross the Mansfield Bridge and continue onto Pittsburgh-McKeesport Blvd. and then onto Lebanon Church Road. Traffic will turn onto Camp Hollow Road and then onto Phillip Murray Road and back to Route 837. From Duquesne, traffic will follow the detour in reverse. A map of the detour route is below.
Public Works also announced the closure of the Rankin Bridge from 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, until 6:00 a.m. Monday, May 3. The closure is necessary for steel repairs to the main span of the bridge. The underpass that serves Kenmawr Avenue in Rankin will be open during the closure of the main span. However, traffic on Kenmawr Avenue will be restricted to an alternating single lane.
During the closure of the Rankin Bridge, traffic will follow a posted detour. For traffic driving east from Homestead and Pittsburgh, motorists will be directed to the Homestead Grays Bridge. For traffic driving west from Duquesne, West Mifflin, Braddock and Forest Hills, traffic will be directed to the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge via Routes 837, 30 and 148. A map of the detour route is below.
Once the main span of the Rankin Bridge reopens, traffic will resume the single lane in each direction configuration that is in place for the current phase of construction.
For additional information, contact Manager of Construction Engineering Doug Aiken at 412-350-2517.
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