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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing ramp restrictions at the I-376 (Parkway East) Boulevard of Allies (Route 885) interchange in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will begin Monday night, April 4 weather permitting.

Work will occur on the following ramps from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. weeknights through late December: 

• Boulevard of the Allies off-ramp to eastbound (outbound) I-376 (Parkway East). Restrictions include shoulder closures, short-term lane restrictions, and traffic stoppages.

• Eastbound (outbound) I-376 (Parkway East) off-ramp to Forbes Avenue. Restrictions include shoulder closures, short-term lane restrictions, and traffic stoppages.

• Eastbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) between Jumonville Street to Forbes Avenue. Restrictions include nightly single-lane closures, short-term lane restrictions, and traffic stoppages.

Crews will conduct safety cable and overhang jack installation, parapet removal, expansion dam replacement, barrier repairs, and downspout work on each of the ramps.

Work will not begin until two hours after the end of PPG Paints Arena events on eastbound Boulevard of the Allies and the ramp from the Boulevard of the Allies to outbound Parkway East.

Preservation work on two mainline Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies bridges and several ramps at the interchange are included in this $35.41 million project. Work will include bridge deck repairs and overlays, expansion dam replacements, steel superstructure and substructure repairs, bearing replacements, full painting, concrete substructure repairs, downspout replacements, drainage repairs, signing and pavement parking upgrades and other miscellaneous construction activities. Motorists will encounter short term lane closures, night and weekend closures of the ramps and Route 885 in each direction, weekend lane restrictions, and overnight directional closures of I-376 Parkway East, long-term closures of Forbes Avenue, Brady Street, and ramps at the Birmingham Bridge. Short-term and weeknight lane closures of Second Avenue are also included throughout this multi-year project.

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.

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

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