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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a traffic switch on the Elizabeth Bridge (Route 51) in Elizabeth, Jefferson Hills, and West Elizabeth boroughs, Allegheny County, will occur Tuesday, May 26 weather permitting.

A long-term single-lane restriction will be implemented at approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday morning on the northbound direction on the Elizabeth Bridge over the Monongahela River. The around-the-clock restriction is required to allow crews to begin cable replacement work on the downstream side of the bridge. The bridge will reopen to two lanes in the southbound direction.

The cable replacement work is part of the $31.3 million Elizabeth Bridge Rehabilitation Project which also includes concrete deck and barrier replacement, steel repairs, expansion dam replacement, bearing repairs, concrete substructure repairs, full painting, and drainage upgrades on the bridge.

Swank Construction Company LLC is the prime contractor.

To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for traffic advisories and construction updates for the Route 51 Elizabeth Bridge and other bridge work in Elizabeth Township. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Elizabeth Bridge” in the subject line. 

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 950 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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