Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a long-term closure on the Tarentum Bridge (Route 366) in Tarentum Borough, Allegheny County will begin Wednesday, June 9, weather permitting.

A closure of the Tarentum Bridge over the Allegheny River will begin at approximately 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. The eastbound direction of the bridge (heading toward New Kensington) will be closed until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, June 13, while the westbound direction (heading toward Tarentum) will be closed until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, June 27. Crews will perform expansion dam replacement operations and install concrete overlay on the bridge ramps. Bridge traffic will be detoured.

Posted Detour

Westbound

• Follow Route 366 (Tarentum Bridge Road) eastbound

• Follow Route 366 eastbound toward New Kensington at the Route 56 split

• Tarentum Bridge Road becomes Stevenson Boulevard

• Stevenson Boulevard becomes Freeport Street

• Turn right on Pennsylvania Route 56 Truck (Second Street)

• Second Street becomes Industrial Boulevard

• Make a left onto Ninth Street and cross the C.L. Schmitt (New Kensington) Bridge

• Take a right to Freeport Road

• Follow Freeport Road to Ross Street

• End Detour

Eastbound

Additionally, single-lane restrictions will occur in the westbound direction of the bridge to allow crews to conduct preparatory work ahead of the closure beginning 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 until the bridge closes at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

This $3.24 million bridge rehabilitation project will include new latex modified overlay, steel repairs, bearing and expansion dam replacement, concrete substructure repairs, and zone painting. Westbound single-lane restrictions will occur while crews work. The overall project is expected to conclude in the fall of 2021.

J.F. Shea Construction, Inc. is the prime contractor.

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 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.

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

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/511PAPittsburgh and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/.  

MEDIA CONTACT: Yasmeen Manyisha, 412-429-5044

# # #