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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of westbound Baum Boulevard (Route 380) between Morewood Avenue and South Euclid Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Wednesday through Friday, June 2-4 weather permitting.

Westbound Baum Boulevard will close to traffic between Morewood Avenue and South Euclid Avenue from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day as crews from A. Folino Construction, Inc. conduct milling and paving operations.  A single-lane of traffic will be maintained in the eastbound direction. Westbound traffic will be detoured. Flaggers and police will assist with traffic control.

Posted Detour

Westbound on Baum Boulevard

• From westbound Baum Boulevard turn left onto South Euclid Avenue

• Turn right onto Centre Avenue

• Turn right onto South Millvale Avenue

• Follow South Millvale Avenue back to Baum Boulevard

• End detour

Final paving operations are anticipated to occur in mid to late June. Additional information will be provided prior to the work beginning.

Motorists are advised to use caution, slow down and expect changing traffic patterns.  Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

To help keep motorists informed as work on the Route 380 project continues PennDOT is creating an email distribution list for Route 380 traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov and writing “Subscribe – Route 380 Bigelow-Baum” in the subject line.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 1,000 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.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/.

MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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