I thought that we should have a specific thread in this section for things in SW Pennsylvania that don't need their own thread.
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Just was up in Zelienople on Friday and the brand new ramps at I-79 Exit #88 look very close to be ready to be opened. Everything was painted. Only things they need to finish on Little Creek Road is to put up the concrete divider on the new bridge (they were installing the rebar for it when I drove by), and install the traffic lights at the ramp intersections. As for on I-79, they still need to install the new signs for the ramp going NB (SB already existed, so no new signage was needed for that direction). They installed a new overhead gantry for Exit #87 (PA-68) ramp to replace the sign that was on the side of the road (which was still up as of last Friday). On that gantry, they also have a new sign for Exit #88, but it was covered. I got a picture of it, and I'll post it later once I get it off my camera and crop it.
Project website: http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/d10const.nsf/FS79Ramp?OpenFrameSet
Another update on the I-79 Exit #88 project.
Just traveled the area again today and all the traffic lights have been installed for both sets of ramps, plus the Little Creek Road/Seneca School Road intersection. The ramp traffic lights are currently set on flashing mode, while the one @ Little Creek Road/Seneca School Road intersection has been turned on and is activated. The concrete divider is also inplace on the bridge over I-79 and traffic is using both sides of the bridge finally. Everything for the interchange seems to be ready to go for it to be opened fully (currently, only the SB off-ramp is open since it was one of the two original ramps; other was the NB on-ramp).
The only thing I could think that could be holding up the full opening of the interchange could be some missing signage for the ramp South of Exit #87. There are some foundations for signs, but no polls/signage. There are at least two sets of them. If that's what's holding up PennDOT from opening the interchange, it's stupid. They have at least the 1 mile sign and signage at the interchange already up and covered, that should be enough for now to open it up as everything else is completed.
Hopefully they will have the interchange fully opened up before the end of the year.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 16, 2011, 08:33:18 PM
Another update on the I-79 Exit #88 project.
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Hopefully they will have the interchange fully opened up before the end of the year.
Well, it looks like the interchange is now open. According to this article (http://cranberry.patch.com/articles/i-79-seneca-ramps-expected-to-open-this-week), the new ramps were opened yesterday. :) Can't wait to be able to use them the next time I'm up that way, and to get pictures of the signs uncovered, lol. :D
EDIT: And here's the PennDOT release (http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district10.nsf/417b56c78f6336788525726f005d57eb/fdfbc93de708fe208525796c00554dca?OpenDocument) on the opening of the interchange ramps which was posted yesterday (20th). So, it seems the ramps are opening this afternoon. :)
When they built I-79 through that area, they never thought that the area would grow. Boy they where wrong and it has cost them a lot of money to upgrade the ramps from partial ramps to a full interchange. But they have upgraded what they can.
Quote from: surferdude on December 22, 2011, 04:05:41 PM
When they built I-79 through that area, they never thought that the area would grow. Boy they where wrong and it has cost them a lot of money to upgrade the ramps from partial ramps to a full interchange. But they have upgraded what they can.
Yeah, I hear ya. Too bad they can't make the PA-68 interchange a full one. :(
You know, PennDOT should post a US-19 Truck route there now. ;) Since Exit #88 is now a full interchange, a truck bypass of Zelienople can now be signed. ;)
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2011, 09:08:35 PM
Quote from: surferdude on December 22, 2011, 04:05:41 PM
When they built I-79 through that area, they never thought that the area would grow. Boy they where wrong and it has cost them a lot of money to upgrade the ramps from partial ramps to a full interchange. But they have upgraded what they can.
Yeah, I hear ya. Too bad they can't make the PA-68 interchange a full one. :(
You know, PennDOT should post a US-19 Truck route there now. ;) Since Exit #88 is now a full interchange, a truck bypass of Zelienople can now be signed. ;)
I think if they where to sign it as US 19 Truck people would get confused with McKnight Road in Allegheny County.
It would be very costly complete the ramps at PA Route 68, for the North Bound on ramp and South Bound off ramp which would have to span the Connequenessing Creek.
Quote from: surferdude on December 27, 2011, 11:45:09 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2011, 09:08:35 PM
Quote from: surferdude on December 22, 2011, 04:05:41 PM
When they built I-79 through that area, they never thought that the area would grow. Boy they where wrong and it has cost them a lot of money to upgrade the ramps from partial ramps to a full interchange. But they have upgraded what they can.
Yeah, I hear ya. Too bad they can't make the PA-68 interchange a full one. :(
You know, PennDOT should post a US-19 Truck route there now. ;) Since Exit #88 is now a full interchange, a truck bypass of Zelienople can now be signed. ;)
I think if they where to sign it as US 19 Truck people would get confused with McKnight Road in Allegheny County.
I personally don't think people would get confused, but that's just me. Maybe sign it as "Alt US-19" instead? And then put up signs for through trucks to follow Alt US-19. But also put up signs allowing trucks going SB on US-19 saying trucks are allowed to use US-19 to get to PA-68 EB (since no access going SB on I-79) and a sign going NB on US-19 allowing trucks to get to PA-68 WB. Otherwise, ban trucks from downtown there (unless they need to get to PA-288).
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 27, 2011, 07:59:51 PM
Quote from: surferdude on December 27, 2011, 11:45:09 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2011, 09:08:35 PM
Quote from: surferdude on December 22, 2011, 04:05:41 PM
When they built I-79 through that area, they never thought that the area would grow. Boy they where wrong and it has cost them a lot of money to upgrade the ramps from partial ramps to a full interchange. But they have upgraded what they can.
Yeah, I hear ya. Too bad they can't make the PA-68 interchange a full one. :(
You know, PennDOT should post a US-19 Truck route there now. ;) Since Exit #88 is now a full interchange, a truck bypass of Zelienople can now be signed. ;)
I think if they where to sign it as US 19 Truck people would get confused with McKnight Road in Allegheny County.
I personally don't think people would get confused, but that's just me. Maybe sign it as "Alt US-19" instead? And then put up signs for through trucks to follow Alt US-19. But also put up signs allowing trucks going SB on US-19 saying trucks are allowed to use US-19 to get to PA-68 EB (since no access going SB on I-79) and a sign going NB on US-19 allowing trucks to get to PA-68 WB. Otherwise, ban trucks from downtown there (unless they need to get to PA-288).
BYPASS also works as well. But I know that require additonal signage, on the PennDOT's part and it has never been signed in that area any different, and I lived around that area for the majority of my life. I know going down I-79 Southbound from Erie to Zelienople that the there is a US 19 Shield on the guide sign.
I have also been on PA 288, which goes northwest to Ellwood City, there are plenty of trucks that take that Route, because the stop bar has been set far back so that a large Tractor Trailer can turn from US 19 South to PA 288. I don't see them posting that, although the municipality can make a request to post the road for a Ton Limit.
Rater than needing to upgrade the sothern Zelienople exit to accomodate a bypass US 19 they could utilize the northern half of the Evans City exit, which is far more accomodating for that use.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on December 29, 2011, 06:30:34 PM
Rater than needing to upgrade the sothern Zelienople exit to accomodate a bypass US 19 they could utilize the northern half of the Evans City exit, which is far more accomodating for that use.
That's what I was suggesting, but not in so many words. :sombrero:
They've been replacing some signs on the West End Bridge and approaches... replacing the "boxy" changable signs that have been there for years.
I noticed this sign yesterday while on a bike ride (I'll take as many upper-50's/60's days in Winter that Mother Nature wants to dish out!):
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WEOTXizwreE/Tyl4m3nOvsI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8sDZ1G4KgQ/s800/New_WEB_Signs.jpg)
This is the first time I'm aware of that PA-65 South is mentioned from the W.E. Bridge.
Up until about 2 years ago, SB Ohio River Blvd had a BGS prior to going under the West End Bridge that said "END 65", and I can't recall any signs after it indicating SB 65 going all the way to the Ft. Duquesne Bridge.
EDIT: I guess it should say "TO" North Truck 19. Either that, or, with all the West End Circle work directly connecting the bridge to the PA-51 highway, PennDOT is planning on moving the "Truck" route to the West End Bridge... Which could be a good idea. With the height restrictions, and some cargo restrictions thru the Ft. Pitt Tunnels, a "Truck" route that can accommodate more trucks makes sense.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 01, 2012, 12:49:09 PM
EDIT: I guess it should say "TO" North Truck 19. Either that, or, with all the West End Circle work directly connecting the bridge to the PA-51 highway, PennDOT is planning on moving the "Truck" route to the West End Bridge... Which could be a good idea. With the height restrictions, and some cargo restrictions thru the Ft. Pitt Tunnels, a "Truck" route that can accommodate more trucks makes sense.
Weirdly enough, but it seems like they've always had no "TO" when referencing North Truck US-19 on the WEB (per StreetView). I mean, if they do want to reroute it onto the WEB officially, they need to submit an application to the AASHTO as Truck US-19 is the only officially approved Truck Route that I know of. Then you would have the crazy thing of US-19 and Truck US-19 sharing the same highway. But you could eliminate that confusion by putting US-19 onto the Parkways to replace Truck US-19 on them. The signage @ Exit #1B-C is already setup for that.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv645%2Frickmastfan67%2FInterstates%2FPA%2FI-279%2FP1050637s.jpg&hash=7cf87f33ab0a0c3f64951d06054efb699fe2c5e9)
Hopped off the bike to walk across (most of) the West End Bridge today (A cloudless day in the 'Burgh, which could end up being in the top 5 nicest of the year....)
They've replaced all the sings, including the changeable "box signs" (can't think of a better name) with regular signs with some list portions.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Nv3XCfHNooU/T2Edi_HTf2I/AAAAAAAAAHo/unfViBuNfBQ/s640/mid_west_end_bridge-LN.jpg)
This is the sign bridge preceding the one I photoed a couple of weeks ago. Still worded so it makes it seem like the southernmost mile of Ohio River Blvd is a wrong-way duplex of Truck North US-19 & South PA-65.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VtfFFgUzuZw/T2EdizjzC4I/AAAAAAAAAHw/xWFAGMRfu20/s800/WEB_New_Signs1.jpg)
View of the new changeable lit signs, looking southbound. The way the picture was taken makes the "Both Lanes" look like there may be issues with the sign, but to look at it (without the camera), it looks quite fine.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_xjSv-JUJS4/T2EdizG4leI/AAAAAAAAAHk/E8V8l3mcLeA/s800/WEB_New_Signs2.jpg)
A closer up view of the signs in the previous pic. Once again, the apparent defects in the lit signs only appear in the picture. (they look fine without the camera). And, as you can kind of tell in the previous pic, the "background' of the "Both Lanes" is actually a green that closely matches the regular sign.
I think the green background issues you photographed have to do with the refresh rate of the digital display. it's similar to taking a photo of an old CRT monitor - you might not get the entire image. in this case, you do not get all the green. it is imperceptible to the eye, but at the very short exposure lengths used in daytime photography, you can observe the issue.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on March 14, 2012, 06:51:23 PM
The way the picture was taken makes the "Both Lanes" look like there may be issues with the sign, but to look at it (without the camera), it looks quite fine.
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Once again, the apparent defects in the lit signs only appear in the picture. (they look fine without the camera).
The shorthand way of saying that is "artifact of the camera" if it's the result of the way the camera captured the image, or "artifact of the photograph" if it's the result of the way the image is processed, printed, or displayed.
As in "That weird thing going on there with the sign is merely artifact of the camera." :biggrin:
So now that the West End project is all finished, how's it working out? Does traffic flow well?
There are now plans out to replace the "Hulton Bridge" between Harmar and Oakmont.
There is a rendering of what the new bridge will look like here (http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/news/the-roundabout/34419-new-hulton-bridge-is-in-the-works).
The new bridge will be 4 lanes across unlike the current bridge which is only two lanes wide.
Though I am always a fan of increased capacity, do the appraoches, either current or future ever warrant 4 lanes.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on June 12, 2012, 01:50:48 PM
Though I am always a fan of increased capacity, do the appraoches, either current or future ever warrant 4 lanes.
Since bridges are natural bottlenecks, as long as you widen to the first major intersection the capacity won't be wasted.
Yeah... either ends of the bridge can have a lane act as a turn lane. In this case, especially the signal @ Freeport Rd. Instead of one long single-lane line of traffic turning either left or right @ the end of the bridge, 2 shorter lines can do both at the same time.
Plan for Palmer airport connector gets update (http://"http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-east/plan-for-palmer-airport-connector-gets-update-656129/")
I'd be surprised to see any dirt turn for any of this in this decade.
City of Pittsburgh to replace 82 year old Greenfield Bridge
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/greenfield-bridge-being-built-anew-670689/
The demolition of the open-spandrel arched concrete bridge will lead to the Parkway East (I-376) being closed for one week in December 2015. It's a much needed project just for motorist safety on the Parkway.
The closure of the bridge will also cause a large detour between the city's Oakland and Greenfield neighborhoods. It's also a key back way access point for Mon Valley and South Hills commuters/students to Oakland.
31st Street Bridge to get a new name (http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/4019289-74/bridge-bill-memorial#axzz2TIO2LV2l)
I'm curious to see if this will be a true "re-name", or a "co-name" - It will get signs put up with the new name, but also retain the 31st St. Bridge name.
I guess when PennDOT puts up/uncovers signs as the interchange with PA-28 progresses we'll see what name is on the BGS's.
It'll probably end up like the R. D. Fleming: official name on signs but still referred to it with the street name by the public.
A new project for Mr. Northside to keep track of.
Two miles of West Carson Street (PA 51) from the West End BRidge to McKees Rocks to be totally rebuilt. A much needed - and often overlooked - rehab.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/transportation/outbound-west-carson-street-to-close-for-2-years-695633/
Quote from: CanesFan27 on July 17, 2013, 04:37:14 PM
A new project for Mr. Northside to keep track of.
Two miles of West Carson Street (PA 51) from the West End BRidge to McKees Rocks to be totally rebuilt. A much needed - and often overlooked - rehab.
Yeah... though probably almost exclusively from the vantage point from across the river, though that's probably one of the best for this project.
And, of course, this is gonna make a mess of things.
Does anybody know what is happening @ the PA-228 interchange with I-79 (Exit #78)? I just was on PA-228 today and it looks like they are reconfiguring the interchange and adding in a new NB on-ramp to I-79 for both directions to eliminate the loop one on the South side of the interchange. And also new ramps to/from SB I-79 (maybe to make the current one a direct link to I-76/PA Turnpike?).
EDIT: Looks like I'm correct.
http://cranberry.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/penndot-rolling-out-route-228-ramps-project-in-cranberry
PennDOT just recently has posted a brand new Truck route for US-30 here in Robinson Twp near the Pittsburgh International Airport. It starts @ I-376 Exit #60 and heads West towards the airport. I unfortunately didn't get to travel all of it as I had to get off @ Exit #59 today and didn't have any free time to investigate it any more than what I very quickly saw between Exits #60 & #59.
I'm going to assume the route for this truck route will lead US-30 Truck traffic to the PA Turnpike 576 interchange and back to US-30 that way. If anybody else is in that area before I can go back out there and can investigate the full route, let me know. I want to put this into OSM when I get the chance and let Tim know the full route so he can add it to the CHM site.
Probably Clinton Road, due to this project: http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district11.nsf/7aff82f1f0b02eb9852576110057af69/153934141da8602385257a70005834ba?OpenDocument
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.489194,-80.295135&spn=0.006617,0.014173&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.489217,-80.295321&panoid=LrrATRhPLyVayF1OW5e6DQ&cbp=12,48.74,,0,10.98
If you move forward into the intersection you see the old configuration.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on October 13, 2013, 11:11:02 PM
PennDOT just recently has posted a brand new Truck route for US-30 here in Robinson Twp near the Pittsburgh International Airport.
I also noticed there is a Truck PA-519 signed at I-79, pointing towards the Bridgeville exit heading north.
I wonder if any of these new "Truck" routes have to do with the recent PennDOT announcement about weight limits on some bridges. :hmmm:
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on October 14, 2013, 09:52:06 PM
I wonder if any of these new "Truck" routes have to do with the recent PennDOT announcement about weigh limits on some bridges. :hmmm:
That was certainly my guess.
I think I saw a "Truck 51" on the inbound Blvd of the Allies (around Duquesne University) today. (Unless my memory is playing tricks on me).
I haven't seen any article or statement saying these have popped up due to new bridge weight limit restrictions... but I'd bet all my Monopoly money on that being the case.
I'd bet on that too... I was driving north on I-99 Friday night from Bedford and saw "Truck 867" signs north of exit 7 - I thought that was weird, why would trucks be on a back road like PA 867 anyway, maybe truckers on their way to the paper mill in Roaring Spring were being directed onto it by their GPSs... That is not a good way for large trucks to go, for a couple of reasons.
Saturday, I was in Huntingdon and noticed Truck 26 signs. To the west, there is a Truck 22 route, thanks to a bridge in Canoe Creek - most of those signs were covered up for some reason. After I got home on Sunday, I did some researching and found that there are bridge restrictions on all three of those routes.
There is a Truck 56 route posted in Indiana County because of a little bridge southeast of Brush Valley. There was a story about that one in the Indiana paper not too long ago.
These new truck routes are due to direct those vehicles around structurally deficient bridges. The only new AASHTO approved routes for Pennsylvania are the extension of Business US 209 in Monroe County and the creation of an Alternate US 219 in Cambria and Clearfield counties.
Also, the assemblies are installed [TRUCK] then [cardinal direction], rather than the other way around as the standard on auxiliary routes. I've seen trailblazer assemblies like that on side roads pointing trucks to the best and/or shortest route to the main highway.
AASHTO claims to not deal with truck routes:
QuoteA new US 95 Truck Route [sic] is proposed to be established in San Luis, Arizona, extending from an intersection with US 95 south and east along existing streets 0.5 mile to the Port of Entry at the international boundary. AASHTO's policy does not include U.S. truck routes. See AASHTO Policy Statements: Purpose & Policy Statement HO1 and Purpose & Policy Statement HO2 (Retention of HO1).
http://route.transportation.org/Documents/SCOH%20Report%2011-16-2012.pdf
Jeff, speaking of ALT 219, do you know if any of the improvements to SR 4013 in Cambria County or the 90 degree turn on PA 36 in Newburg (LaJose) are underway yet?
I haven't seen any press releases from District 9 about any projects along those routes.
Quote from: PAHighways on October 28, 2013, 04:09:11 PM
These new truck routes are due to direct those vehicles around structurally deficient bridges. The only new AASHTO approved routes for Pennsylvania are the extension of Business US 209 in Monroe County and the creation of an Alternate US 219 in Cambria and Clearfield counties.
Also, the assemblies are installed [TRUCK] then [cardinal direction], rather than the other way around as the standard on auxiliary routes. I've seen trailblazer assemblies like that on side roads pointing trucks to the best and/or shortest route to the main highway.
Do you know of a list with all of the new truck routes that were added and where they start/finish? This is mainly for CHM.
http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/72841555150/november-1961-the-trouble-with-those-tunnels
Great stories on the famous tunnel slowdowns in Pittsburgh and some the attempted solutions in the mid50s early 60s.
Quote from: CanesFan27 on January 10, 2014, 10:40:52 AM
http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/72841555150/november-1961-the-trouble-with-those-tunnels
Great stories on the famous tunnel slowdowns in Pittsburgh and some the attempted solutions in the mid50s early 60s.
Ha, this is great! I'm so glad I live in the South Hills and don't usually have to travel east. The "tunnel monster" never seems to affect the Liberty Tubes as badly as poor Squirrel Hill.
PennDOT Seeks Public Input on Parkway East (I-376) Corridor Transportation Network Project through Survey (http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district11.nsf/37fc68a0aa7b94e9852570a70047899c/5870a829a1c829b185257c6d0073c2d3?OpenDocument)
The URL for the survey site is http://www.i376parkwayeast.com (http://www.i376parkwayeast.com/).
With current technology, I would like to see the PWE be 3 lanes each way, wide median with a parkway feel. The first parkway contract provided for decorative stone bridges and they were built at Old Greensburgh Pike, since removed during the 1980's expansion and that look should be restored but within I standards. I don't really think with the available ROW that anything can be done with the tunnels but I think a 3 lane HOT facility starting at BUS 22 along the PWE then on the ROW of the East Busway, but as a separate from the buses zipper laned carrigeway with 2 lanes going peak and both dumping at 11th and Liberty/Grant and a tie in to the reversible lanes of 579 would do the trick,
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
I also drive PA 88 every day and noticed the "JCT 88" sign missing its keystone. That has since been fixed ;)
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 03, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
Where was this?
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 03, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
The 79/279 merger is also missing a sign (The 'Exit 72' sign is missing). It seems to happen a lot around this time of year. I remember two years ago where the sign for the Perrysville exit on 279 was missing. They usually seem to replace the signs in the spring.
Also, on the topic of the parkway, here's how I think it should go down: four lanes in each direction from Bus-22 to Robinson, with reversible HOV/HOT lanes in the median. Though the queries here are of course the tunnels, of which there would need to be extensive construction, occupation relocation and astronomical budgeting.
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on February 04, 2014, 01:18:55 AM
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 03, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
The 79/279 merger is also missing a sign (The 'Exit 72' sign is missing). It seems to happen a lot around this time of year. I remember two years ago where the sign for the Perrysville exit on 279 was missing. They usually seem to replace the signs in the spring.
Also, on the topic of the parkway, here's how I think it should go down: four lanes in each direction from Bus-22 to Robinson, with reversible HOV/HOT lanes in the median. Though the queries here are of course the tunnels, of which there would need to be extensive construction, occupation relocation and astronomical budgeting.
Eight lanes from Robinson to Monroeville is overkill. I say six lanes from Pittsburgh International Airport to I-79, eight lanes from I-79 to PA 51, six lanes through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, five lanes (three westbound, two eastbound) past downtown Pittsburgh, and six lanes from Grant Street to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. Add one climbing lane where necessary. Expand the interior shoulders to 12' across to conform with AASHTO standards.
As for the interchanges, I'd like to see geometric improvement at the following interchanges: Montour Run, Robinson Town Centre Boulevard, Campbell's Run Road, Rosslyn Farms, Carnegie/Heidelberg, Second Avenue and William Penn Highway. I'd like to see the following interchanges overhauled: U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 (stack), Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon (SPUI), U.S. 19 Truck/PA 51 (modified directional T), Oakland/Hazelwood (modified SPUI), Squirrel Hill/Homestead (I don't know what, just make it better), Edgewood/Swissvale (SPUI), Wilkinsburg/Forest Hills (SPUI), Churchill (SPUI, no left-lane ramps) Monroeville/Plum (SPUI), Pennsylvania Turnpike/U.S. 22 (stack). I'd like to see the Parkway Center Drive and Greensburg Pike interchanges eliminated, and longer acceleration and deceleration lanes at the Penn Hills interchange.
As for the signage, I'd update some of them to read as follows...
Exit 60 - U.S. 22 West/U.S. 30 West/PA 60 East - Robinson - Weirton WV
Exit 65 - PA 50 - Carnegie - Crafton
Exit 67 - PA 121 - Green Tree - Mt Lebanon (both directions, not just eastbound)
Exit 69A - U.S. 19 South - Banksville Road - Dormont
Exit 69B - U.S. 19 Truck/PA 51 - Saw Mill Run Blvd - West End - Beechview
Exit 70A - Blvd of the Allies - Liberty Avenue
Exit 70B - Fort Duquesne Blvd
Exit 70C - I-279 North - Franklin Park
Exit 73 - PA 885 - Bates St - Oakland - Hazelwood
Exit 74 - Beechwood Blvd - Squirrel Hill - Greenfield
Exit 77 - Braddock Ave - Regent Square
Exit 85A - U.S. 22 East - Murrysville
Exit 85B - I-76/PA Turnpike - Youngstown/Harrisburg
I'd also include the following auxiliary signs...
First Niagara Pavilion -
Exit 60TO I-70 West - Wheeling WV - Columbus - USE I-79 South -
Exit 64A (westbound only)
Pennsbury Village -
Exit 64BTO PA 837 South - Carson Street - South Side - USE U.S. 19 Truck North/PA 51 North -
Exit 69B (eastbound only)
ALT ROUTE - TO PA 65 North - USE U.S. 19 Truck North/PA 51 North -
Exit 69B (eastbound only)
Heinz Field - Rivers Casino
Exit 69B (eastbound only)
Station Square - Duquesne Univ -
Exit 70A (eastbound only)
David L Lawrence Convention Ctr - Strip District -
Exit 70B (eastbound only)
PNC Park - Andy Warhol Museum - National Aviary - USE I-279 North -
Exit 70CConsol Energy Center -
Exit 71A (eastbound only)
Station Square -
Exit 71A (westbound only)
Univ of Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon Univ - Exit 72A (eastbound only)
Duquesne Univ - Consol Energy Center - Exit 72B (westbound only)
South Side - USE PA 885 South -
Exit 73 (westbound only)
Homestead - Munhall -
Exit 74Sandcastle Waterpark -
Exit 74Schenley Park -
Exit 74 (brown sign)
Edgewood - Swissvale -
Exit 77Kennywood Park - Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium -
Exit 77Frick Park -
Exit 77 (brown sign)
E Pittsburgh - N Versailles -
Exit 78Turtle Creek -
Exit 80ABoyce Park -
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Quote from: Gnutella on February 04, 2014, 01:03:49 PMEight lanes from Robinson to Monroeville is overkill. I say six lanes from Pittsburgh International Airport to I-79, eight lanes from I-79 to PA 51, six lanes through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, five lanes (three westbound, two eastbound) past downtown Pittsburgh, and six lanes from Grant Street to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. Add one climbing lane where necessary. Expand the interior shoulders to 12' across to conform with AASHTO standards.
As for the interchanges, I'd like to see geometric improvement at the following interchanges: Montour Run, Robinson Town Centre Boulevard, Campbell's Run Road, Rosslyn Farms, Carnegie/Heidelberg, Second Avenue and William Penn Highway. I'd like to see the following interchanges overhauled: U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 (stack), Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon (SPUI), U.S. 19 Truck/PA 51 (modified directional T), Oakland/Hazelwood (modified SPUI), Squirrel Hill/Homestead (I don't know what, just make it better), Edgewood/Swissvale (SPUI), Wilkinsburg/Forest Hills (SPUI), Churchill (SPUI, no left-lane ramps) Monroeville/Plum (SPUI), Pennsylvania Turnpike/U.S. 22 (stack). I'd like to see the Parkway Center Drive and Greensburg Pike interchanges eliminated, and longer acceleration and deceleration lanes at the Penn Hills interchange.
Maybe eight lanes to Robinson was a bit much, but I still think that eight lanes from at least Second Ave. to Bus-22 is a formidable option, I just can't see six lanes sufficing. Six lanes from the airport to 79 sounds good, though.
I like your interchange options as well. For the Squirrel Hill exit, I have in mind something like a modified directional-T. For the most part though, I really don't care as long as it gets an overhaul; that exit is a disgrace.
Eight lanes from Second Avenue east would be very difficult in the vicinity of Bates Street. The right of way can't be expanded on the eastbound side of the Parkway East because Second Avenue and the Great Allegheny Passage both pass right next to the highway. Expansion would have to be on the westbound side, which would require excavation of the cliffs not only for the right of way, but also for a buffer zone so potential rock slides would be less likely to impact the highway.
On top of that, the alignment of the highway would have to be shifted away from Second Avenue at the Bates Street interchange in order to make room for an eastbound off-ramp. A cross section of an eight-lane highway with a 2'-wide median barrier, 12'-wide interior and exterior shoulders and an acceleration/deceleration lane on each side would be 170', and that doesn't count the buffer zone for falling rocks. In other words, you're looking at over 200' of space necessary in the vicinity of Bates Street, which would require the demolition of several dozen buildings on top of the cliffs.
Speaking of building demolition, it appears that any widening or interchange reconfiguration would wipe out a few dozen homes in the vicinity of both the Edgewood/Swissvale and Wilkinsburg/Forest Hills interchanges. The good news is, reconfiguring those two interchanges as SPUIs would allow them to greatly reduce their footprints. It also appears that the Boulevard of the Allies/Forbes Avenue partial interchanges might need to be reconfigured in order to make the eastbound on-ramp enter on the right side instead of the left. Basically, redoing the Parkway East is probably going to take a long time.
The Parkway West appears to be much easier. One thing I just noticed looking at satellite imagery: The Ridge Road overpass over the Parkway West is 170' wide underneath, which is enough room for 10 lanes, plus 12'-wide interior and exterior shoulders. My guess is, PennDOT plans to eventually widen the Parkway West to eight lanes, and they also have big plans for the U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 interchange, which would necessitate very long ramps. I bet that the Parkway West will be 10 lanes wide there, with four of the 10 lanes going to or coming from U.S. 22/U.S. 30. That means the segment from U.S. 22/U.S. 30 to the airport will be six lanes.
Three challenges with the Parkway West:
1. The Fort Pitt Tunnel has to be expanded. Expanding each tube to four lanes will fit the Fort Pitt Bridge perfectly, but the Carson Street interchange would need to be eliminated. Expanding each tube to three lanes would leave the interchange open, but one lane would need to be dropped from each ramp. The latter seems more reasonable since it keeps the interchange, but not enough traffic uses either ramp to justify them having two lanes.
2. There are two railroad bridges over the Parkway West, one near the Carnegie interchange and one near the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Both are owned by the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, and both will have to be rebuilt in order to fit an eight-lane highway under them. PennDOT will have to negotiate with W&LE just like they had to with Norfolk Southern before the expansion of PA 28.
3. Between the Carnegie and Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon interchanges is a tight squeeze. On the eastbound side is a residential neighborhood, and on the westbound side is a frontage road that serves several industrial buildings adjacent to the Rook Yard. A couple of back yards are likely to get whacked there.
All in all, preparing the Parkway West for expansion would require a lot less preparation than widening the Parkway East. Here's hoping some progress is made before the end of the decade; Pittsburgh deserves better highways. (At least the Parkway North is nice.)
How is the construction of the US 219 freeway near Somerset progressing? Do they have a project website? I recently viewed google and noted that at least the trees were cut.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 05, 2014, 04:19:31 PM
How is the construction of the US 219 freeway near Somerset progressing? Do they have a project website? I recently viewed google and noted that at least the trees were cut.
I looked for a website and couldn't find it.
I'm excited to drive that segment of U.S. 219 someday, since I've been meaning to reminisce at Deer Valley next time I'm in Pennsylvania. I remember that we had to go from Somerset to Meyersdale and up over Mount Davis to get there, and a limited-access highway ought to take at least 20 minutes off the drive.
The website seems to have not been renewed.
Here's the archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010413222854/http://www.us219.com/
Here's the project listing from the district 9 website:
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district9.nsf/691755df9fd43c3e852572d50052ac24/c209eb4ee1280d2885257bf3004de1d8?OpenDocument
The end date is 2018. :( But at least it's getting built.
Quote from: Gnutella on February 05, 2014, 03:43:57 PM
My guess is, PennDOT plans to eventually widen the Parkway West to eight lanes, and they also have big plans for the U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 interchange, which would necessitate very long ramps. I bet that the Parkway West will be 10 lanes wide there, with four of the 10 lanes going to or coming from U.S. 22/U.S. 30.
I'd substitute "plans" to "wishes" - as in, "If Santa Claus
were real...."
They wrapped up a reasonably-sized project at the US-22/30 / PA-60 interchange a few years ago to reconfigure ramps to reduce all the weaving, so I doubt that junction will be significantly touched again for decades.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Parkway West gets widened to
6 lanes from that interchange to I-79 (they already have the mile or so from I-79 to Campbells Run Rd 6 lanes), but I'd be surprised if it got more than that (unless there was a 4th lane in each direction that's an add/drop between exits).
Other than interchange improvements (that might not be that sweeping), I wouldn't hold out much hope for anything east of I-79.
As for the Parkway East, in the link PA Highways posted above ( http://www.i376parkwayeast.com ), PennDOT admits that any real widening isn't in the cards for the road.
Even if the money were there (and it isn't), I doubt there would be the political will to (literally) carve out the right-of-way necessary.
Though anything is possible, in the decades to come - there could be such overwhelming support (and an acceptance of the people to "pay up" for such work) - that I could be wrong. But for the foreseeable future I mostly see a lot of talk.
By the way, here's proof that PennDOT has big plans for the Parkway West. Check out the width of the right of way under the Ridge Road overpass:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv437%2FDBR96%2FPittsburgh%2520PA%2FEight-lanerightofway_zps0fb3c911.png&hash=0c799c7b215fd790e570502b5786ac6be34d8505)
Notice how there's a little bit of grass near the eastbound exterior shoulder, and a whole lot of grass near the westbound exterior shoulder. That's no accident. PennDOT has left room under the overpass for eight travel lanes, an acceleration lane, a deceleration lane, two interior and exterior shoulders, and a median barrier. Per AASHTO requirements, all travel lanes and exterior shoulders on Interstates have to be 12' wide, and the interior shoulders also have to be 12' wide on Interstates with six or more lanes. Median barriers have to be at least 2' thick and reinforced. This gives us the following equation for eight lanes, one acceleration lane, one deceleration lane, two interior and exterior shoulders, and a median barrier:
12' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 2' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 12' + 12' +12' +12' = 170'
Envision the shoulders as BLUE and the median barrier as RED in the equation above in order to see the cross-section of the planned highway. Now here's a distance measure from one overpass pier to the other:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv437%2FDBR96%2FPittsburgh%2520PA%2F170-footrightofway_zps411ab251.png&hash=ce0c0a1be92c4415316400b216f685e4e500cd4f)
As you can see, the distance measured is the exact amount of room needed for the setup that I described.
About half a mile west of the Ridge Road interchange is the U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 interchange. U.S. 22/U.S. 30 is a limited-access highway itself, but movement between it and the Parkway West involves an obsolete partial-cloverleaf interchange that does not meet AASHTO requirements for movement between two limited-access highways. More than likely, PennDOT will rebuild this as a stack interchange in the future, with acceleration and deceleration lanes extending for half a mile to the east, and under the Ridge Road overpass.
The only obstacles in the way of PennDOT widening the Parkway West right now are the following:
1. The design of the existing overpasses at the U.S. 22/U.S. 30/PA 60 and Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon interchanges are identical, with piers constricting the right of way underneath them. These overpasses were more than likely built in the 1960's, which means that they're at or near the end of their engineered lifespans.
2. The Wheeling & Lake Erie (W&LE) Railroad has two bridges that span the Parkway West with piers constricting the right of way underneath them. The bridge near the Carnegie interchange is about 1,000' long, and the bridge near the Fort Pitt Tunnel is about 500' long. Both would need to be rebuilt in order to create extra space.
3. The Fort Pitt Tunnel can only fit four lanes, and it needs to fit at least six lanes in order not to create a dangerous bottleneck if the rest of the Parkway West is widened to eight lanes.
If work is done on any of these things, especially the overpasses since they're the easiest to fix, then consider it another step toward widening the Parkway West.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 05, 2014, 05:50:35 PMThey wrapped up a reasonably-sized project at the US-22/30 / PA-60 interchange a few years ago to reconfigure ramps to reduce all the weaving, so I doubt that junction will be significantly touched again for decades.
That interchange work was funded by federal stimulus money back in 2009, so for all we know, it could have just been "busy work." I wouldn't be surprised if PennDOT comes out with bigger plans near the end of the decade. By that time it would have been a decade since the previous interchange work, which means that a full reconfiguration of the interchange would probably be about 15 years after the previous work. It doesn't sound like a long time, but it really is, especially given the age of the current overpass.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 05, 2014, 05:50:35 PMI wouldn't be surprised if the Parkway West gets widened to 6 lanes from that interchange to I-79 (they already have the mile or so from I-79 to Campbells Run Rd 6 lanes), but I'd be surprised if it got more than that (unless there was a 4th lane in each direction that's an add/drop between exits).
Maybe six lanes plus a collector/distributor lane on each side will work.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 05, 2014, 05:50:35 PMOther than interchange improvements (that might not be that sweeping), I wouldn't hold out much hope for anything east of I-79.
What has to happen first is that the interchanges get reconfigured and the two railroad bridges rebuilt.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 05, 2014, 05:50:35 PMAs for the Parkway East, in the link PA Highways posted above ( http://www.i376parkwayeast.com ), PennDOT admits that any real widening isn't in the cards for the road.
I'm not that worried about the Parkway East right now. I think the Parkway West is much more important.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 05, 2014, 05:50:35 PMEven if the money were there (and it isn't), I doubt there would be the political will to (literally) carve out the right-of-way necessary.
Pennsylvania just passed a comprehensive transportation funding bill, so the money might be available sooner than you think. Besides, I favor an incremental approach. Do one thing, then do another, then do another. For example, reconfigure the interchanges first, then replace the railroad bridges, then enlarge the Fort Pitt Tunnel, and then widen the highway. This could all be done over a matter of 15 to 20 years. And there's no reasonable objection to upgrading an existing highway, because upgrading existing infrastructure is what needs to be done all across the United States.
I could envision 2-4 HOT lanes on an entirely different alignment between the top of Greentree Hill and the old J&L curve, you could keep HOT lanes entirely on the South Side between those 2 points build a tunnel higher up and to the south of the existing Ft. Pitt Tunnels that slopes down to come out above Carson Street north of Station Square with some form of downtown connector bridge using the old Wabash Bridge location
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 03, 2014, 11:57:41 PM
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 03, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
Where was this?
Late reply, but - it was right as you get on the Veteran's Bridge heading southbound (pretty much the first "South I-279" shield you see when you're actually on the bridge).
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 05, 2014, 09:59:25 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 03, 2014, 11:57:41 PM
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 03, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Unrelated, but: has anybody noticed shields/signs missing lately? My guess it was the wind and the cold weather last week blowing some off, but on my way home from the North Hills a week or so ago, the I-279 shield had been blown right off! It just had the "South" bracket on top.
Where was this?
Late reply, but - it was right as you get on the Veteran's Bridge heading southbound (pretty much the first "South I-279" shield you see when you're actually on the bridge).
When you mention the Veteran's Bridge, don't you mean the first SB I-579 shield?
That shield disappeared sometime between June '11 and May '12.
Shield still there - http://goo.gl/maps/2Vy9Q
Shield gone - http://goo.gl/maps/WmjlE
It's a shame too, as I-579 was the only Interstate that still had exclusively "Pennsylvania" named I shields on it. Now they are all neutered along I-579. I know of only one I-579 state name shield left, and that is at the HOV lane intersection with Mario Lemieux Place. http://goo.gl/maps/sr2Um
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 05, 2014, 08:51:51 PM
I could envision 2-4 HOT lanes on an entirely different alignment between the top of Greentree Hill and the old J&L curve, you could keep HOT lanes entirely on the South Side between those 2 points build a tunnel higher up and to the south of the existing Ft. Pitt Tunnels that slopes down to come out above Carson Street north of Station Square with some form of downtown connector bridge using the old Wabash Bridge location
Building a new tunnel would not be needed because there is still the Wabash Tunnel, which really hasn't been utilized all too well. Though I could see something like a southern bus route working (Similarly to the eastern and western bus routes).
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on February 06, 2014, 12:48:51 PM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 05, 2014, 08:51:51 PM
I could envision 2-4 HOT lanes on an entirely different alignment between the top of Greentree Hill and the old J&L curve, you could keep HOT lanes entirely on the South Side between those 2 points build a tunnel higher up and to the south of the existing Ft. Pitt Tunnels that slopes down to come out above Carson Street north of Station Square with some form of downtown connector bridge using the old Wabash Bridge location
Building a new tunnel would not be needed because there is still the Wabash Tunnel, which really hasn't been utilized all too well. Though I could see something like a southern bus route working (Similarly to the eastern and western bus routes).
However, the Wabash Tunnel is really only wide enough for 1 lane of traffic. Sure, it's painted for 2 lanes (1 each way), but 2 cars side-by-side would be a very, very tight squeeze.
Also, I do believe the Wabash tunnel is a Port Authority facility, not PennDOT.
Not to say PennDOT couldn't buy it, but they would also probably have to pay the feds back the $$ it gave with the intent of that tunnel being an HOV/transit piece of infrastructure.
Adding a lane east of I79 through Greentree along with improved interchanges and ramps would do wonders.
I don't see much happening to the tunnels. However, if something could be done, make it wider, not necessarily wide enough for another lane, but almost so that it's so wide that people don't reflexively slow down...
Quote from: JoeP on February 16, 2014, 01:03:28 PM
Adding a lane east of I79 through Greentree along with improved interchanges and ramps would do wonders.
I don't see much happening to the tunnels. However, if something could be done, make it wider, not necessarily wide enough for another lane, but almost so that it's so wide that people don't reflexively slow down...
At the very least, I'd like to see the Parkway West six-laned with proper shoulders between Pittsburgh International Airport and PA 51, and all the interchanges improved. At PA 51, they could reconfigure the interchange into a modified directional T with a lane added westbound and dropped eastbound to account for only four lanes through the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
I also hope that if they do it this way, they'll design everything between I-79 and PA 51 to make a future eight-laning easy if they ever get around to six-laning the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
Did anybody happen to drive 51 North today? Shame on Penndot. They put up the WRONG SIGN for US 19; it was a PA keystone 19 today, right next to the 51 keystone...
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 06, 2014, 10:47:10 PM
Also, I do believe the Wabash tunnel is a Port Authority facility, not PennDOT.
Not to say PennDOT couldn't buy it, but they would also probably have to pay the feds back the $$ it gave with the intent of that tunnel being an HOV/transit piece of infrastructure.
It is a Port Authority facility. The key to making that facility viable would have been the scuttled bridge over the Mon. What I find most fascinating are the Wabash proposals prior to SkyBus. I did a small write up on the Wabash Tunnel about ten years ago here:
http://www.gribblenation.com/swparoads/coulda/wabash.html
I would highly recommend the new folks to the forum (and the older forum folks like James Mast) to spend some time at the Heinz History Center or the Carnegie Library in Oakland. There are some great vertical files on some of the prior highway projects in Pittsburgh. Jeff Kitsko and I did a lot of research trips there when I would come up from NC over Thanksgiving and Christmas 10-15 years ago. The Pleasant Hills Library was also a good source. I'm also sure that some of the other Carnegie or older municipal libraries in the area are good research spots - we just never got there. I know Bruce did a lot of research at those place for pghbridges as well.
Quote from: CanesFan27 on February 20, 2014, 08:05:41 PM
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 06, 2014, 10:47:10 PM
Also, I do believe the Wabash tunnel is a Port Authority facility, not PennDOT.
Not to say PennDOT couldn't buy it, but they would also probably have to pay the feds back the $$ it gave with the intent of that tunnel being an HOV/transit piece of infrastructure.
It is a Port Authority facility. The key to making that facility viable would have been the scuttled bridge over the Mon. What I find most fascinating are the Wabash proposals prior to SkyBus. I did a small write up on the Wabash Tunnel about ten years ago here:
http://www.gribblenation.com/swparoads/coulda/wabash.html
I would highly recommend the new folks to the forum (and the older forum folks like James Mast) to spend some time at the Heinz History Center or the Carnegie Library in Oakland. There are some great vertical files on some of the prior highway projects in Pittsburgh. Jeff Kitsko and I did a lot of research trips there when I would come up from NC over Thanksgiving and Christmas 10-15 years ago. The Pleasant Hills Library was also a good source. I'm also sure that some of the other Carnegie or older municipal libraries in the area are good research spots - we just never got there. I know Bruce did a lot of research at those place for pghbridges as well.
The Heinz History Center is too commercial now. And this is coming from my dad, who was the leader of the Pittsburgh Historical Society before Heinz got their hands into it and moved it out of Oakland. They wouldn't even give my dad a free pass to the new place, even with him being the former leader of it, to even see his brick in the place. He thinks that they have hidden it under one of the trollies there.
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 20, 2014, 06:56:47 PM
Did anybody happen to drive 51 North today? Shame on Penndot. They put up the WRONG SIGN for US 19; it was a PA keystone 19 today, right next to the 51 keystone...
There's been that 19-in-a-keystone sign near Crane Ave. for quite some time now. Not sure if it was PennDOT or a contractor, but they're certainly not in a hurry to swap it out with a US shield.
Has construction started on the 22-79 section of the S. Beltway yet? If so, is there a website? I am aware of the PTC website for the project, but it has not been updated in quite some time.
Also, has any excavation started on the US 219 Somerset project. GSV appears to show the tree clearing nearly complete. Website for that?
Thanks.
Speaking of the Ft. Pitt Tunnels/bridge - some great photos of the bridge & tunnels under construction and from the 1960s. Totally forgot that the travel lanes were once brick.
http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/77369719818/the-day-before-fort-pitt-tunnel-opened-in-august
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 21, 2014, 07:08:07 PM
Quote from: pghgal_90 on February 20, 2014, 06:56:47 PM
Did anybody happen to drive 51 North today? Shame on Penndot. They put up the WRONG SIGN for US 19; it was a PA keystone 19 today, right next to the 51 keystone...
There's been that 19-in-a-keystone sign near Crane Ave. for quite some time now. Not sure if it was PennDOT or a contractor, but they're certainly not in a hurry to swap it out with a US shield.
I only take that way to work every once in a blue moon (or if Liberty Tunnels traffic backs up) and I had never seen it before then. I thought it might have been a simple mistake, swapping it out for a real PA 19 shield, but then I learned there is no PA 19. :pan:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fpa%2Fus_19%2Fsnorth.jpg&hash=faa66054ea1f84b0609ef2b01af047efb1de2a0f)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fpa%2Fpa_51%2Fs19t.jpg&hash=8f897cd4459b90bed40a2c90aa001e66c87d955d)
Quote from: Alps on February 23, 2014, 01:48:06 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fpa%2Fus_19%2Fsnorth.jpg&hash=faa66054ea1f84b0609ef2b01af047efb1de2a0f)
This one has been around for 10+ years. And the funny thing about it is that there is a proper US-19 shield on the pole that this overhead is attached to!
http://goo.gl/maps/dwmTP
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 23, 2014, 05:50:53 AM
Quote from: Alps on February 23, 2014, 01:48:06 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fpa%2Fus_19%2Fsnorth.jpg&hash=faa66054ea1f84b0609ef2b01af047efb1de2a0f)
This one has been around for 10+ years. And the funny thing about it is that there is a proper US-19 shield on the pole that this overhead is attached to!
http://goo.gl/maps/dwmTP
Wow.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F18kph7uzl5q22gif%2Fku-medium.gif&hash=d0c3d5684ee901fef63b9196624945c260bf6494)
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 21, 2014, 07:18:28 PM
Has construction started on the 22-79 section of the S. Beltway yet? If so, is there a website? I am aware of the PTC website for the project, but it has not been updated in quite some time.
Also, has any excavation started on the US 219 Somerset project. GSV appears to show the tree clearing nearly complete. Website for that?
Thanks.
Work on PA-576 won't begin until spring, when a bridge will be built to carry the mainline over US-22. The rest of the highway will begin construction in 2016.
Not sure about US-219, there doesn't seem to be a website or article any where about that project.
PennDOT to remove ceiling from Fort Pitt Tunnels later this year (http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2014/05/15/PennDOT-to-remove-ceiling-from-Fort-Pitt-Tunnels-later-this-year/stories/201405150433)
I'm glad that they're just gonna take care of the issue now, instead of spending money to fix the ceiling they intended on getting rid of eventually.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on May 15, 2014, 04:36:12 PM
PennDOT to remove ceiling from Fort Pitt Tunnels later this year (http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2014/05/15/PennDOT-to-remove-ceiling-from-Fort-Pitt-Tunnels-later-this-year/stories/201405150433)
I'm glad that they're just gonna take care of the issue now, instead of spending money to fix the ceiling they intended on getting rid of eventually.
Hopefully the "renovation" they allude to 10 years from now involves expansion of the tubes to handle three lanes each.
Quote from: Gnutella on May 16, 2014, 01:31:09 AM
Hopefully the "renovation" they allude to 10 years from now involves expansion of the tubes to handle three lanes each.
While it would be nice, I can't think of a safer bet on this planet than that that won't happen.
Actually, if they're gonna do all of this ceiling business now, I'd like to think they could take care of enough other stuff that they won't need to do very much 10 years from now.
Hope nobody needs to use PA-228 today around I-79 & US-19 in Cranberry. It's completely closed till at least the evening rush hour because of several downed power poles from last nights heavy storms in the area. The I-79 ramps (Exit #78) will be closed till sometime Thursday.
https://twitter.com/WPXI_DaveBondy/status/481772257077780480
https://twitter.com/WPXI_DaveBondy/status/481825242038280192
https://twitter.com/WPXI_DaveBondy/status/481754335349440512
^ Pictures of the damage
Many of those poles are relatively new, too....
Quote from: Mr_Northside on June 25, 2014, 03:16:53 PM
Many of those poles are relatively new, too....
Yep. And now they are reporting that it's all going to be closed still till at least mid-day tomorrow (Thursday).
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/storms-could-cause-isolated-flooding-pittsburgh-ar/ngRJk/
And here's another picture of the damage up there:
https://twitter.com/WPXI_Courtney/status/481852526346915841
As long as we're talking road re-routings, I think it's time to re-route PA 88 off it's current alignment between Elco and West Brownsville/Centerville onto the toll-free section of 43 from Exit 34 to Exit 28, where 88 splits off towards Greene County. I had heard that the section of 88 that passes by Coal Center towards California is in need of a major rehab (as I'm sure most roadways are, especially in the Mon Valley).
Too tired to post links, but District 12 has awarded another $10M+ contract for a section of PA 21 between Uniontown and Waynesboro, there is a long range plan to make this corridor 4 lane divided.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on June 29, 2014, 09:07:15 PM
Too tired to post links, but District 12 has awarded another $10M+ contract for a section of PA 21 between Uniontown and Waynesboro, there is a long range plan to make this corridor 4 lane divided.
I believe this project is to realign things southwest of Carmichaels so PA 21 is the through route. Right now, traffic has to turn to stay on PA 21.
Squirrel Hill Tunnel workers cope with speeders, exhaust fumes (http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/6493824-74/tunnel-hill-squirrel#axzz38n0ibZ7W)
This article features some pictures of the work in the tunnels.
Hey, any news on the So Beltway, the PTC website has not had any updates since construction started.
So. I was checking out any Southern Beltway news and found this listing form the Trib on line from 6 days ago listing SW PA Regional Planning approved list, I would assume these are funded, this is for the next 2 years:
Billions to be spent on transportation
Pittsburgh
Total: $329 million, including:
- $79 million for Liberty Bridge rehab
- $22 million 10th Street Bridge rehab
- $15 million Greenfield Avenue Bridge rehab (is this not an actual replacement?)
Allegheny County
Total: $542 million, including:
- $71 million for road projects including Route 51 and Washington Road improvements (that's a lot of $$, can someone elaborate)
- $34 million for repairs of several county-owned bridges
- $17 million Elizabeth Bridge
Armstrong County
Total: $77 million, including:
- $31 million for Route 422 safety improvements and realignment in Kittanning Township
- $7.4 million for highway resurfacing of various roads
- $6.6 million for road realignment and bridge replacement along Route 28 in Boggs
Beaver County
Total: $244 million, including:
- $82 million for Freedom Road upgrades (three phases) in New Sewickley and Conway (I am curious how much tis encompasses, with growth in Cranberry, this corridor is becoming a defacto NW arterial bypass)
- $10 million for Route 65 paving in Ambridge
- $8 million for Homewood viaduct bridge rehab in Homewood and Big Beaver
Butler County
Total: $84 million, including:
- $10 million for intersection reconstruction at Route 228 and Pittsburgh Street in Adams
- $7.5 million highway resurfacing, various roads
- $5.5 million for reconstruction of intersection at Route 228 and Saxonburg Boulevard in Clinton
Fayette County
Total: $110 million, including:
- $24.5 million for various bridge preservations
- $10 million for Route 119 improvements in Dunbar
- $6 million for improvements to Route 21 in South Union
Greene County
Total: $44 million, including:
- $11.4 million for resurfacing Route 18 in Center and Washington townships
- $5 million for realignment of the intersection at Route 21 and Bailey's Crossroads in Cumberland
- $4.1 million for resurfacing of Route 218 in Waynesburg and Franklin
Indiana County
Total: $132 million, including:
- $25 million for Route 119 improvements and bridge replacements in Rayne
- $21 million for Rose Street extension, a new two-lane road in Indiana
- $7 million for Route 56 improvements in East Wheatfield
Lawrence County
Total: $89 million, including:
- $11.4 million various road resurfacing projects
- $11 million for Mahoning viaduct bridge rehab in New Castle
- $6.6 million for various bridge rehabs
Washington County
Total: $124 million, including:
- $29 million for intersection improvements in North Strabane for Routes 519, 19 and 980
- $16.5 million for preservation of the bridge that carries Interstate 70 over Route 88 in Speers
- $7.8 million for Bavington Road Bridge rehab in Smith
Westmoreland County
Total: $220 million, including:
- $44 million for reconstruction of Route 119 in East Huntingdon
- $30.4 million for widening of Route 31 in Donegal (I understand this involves a major upgrade to the 31/711/381 intersection)
- $23.8 million for various intersection improvements along Route 356 in Allegheny
Source: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Now, a rant: My internet access is 3G, 4G is available, but wireless is all there is out here. I have a 5G monthly data transfer cap. Everytime I go to the Trib on line, I find a little 1x1.5" box hidden at the bottom right corner of the screen loading a GD 1080 HD video about something I could care less about, in this case Penn States football schedule. It eats up 35MB before anything even freaking displays. Why do they always need to post a video in a reading medium, if I wanted to watch you tube, I would go there. It's not even to advertise a product, nor appears to be a revenue generating function, and why do you need to post a lousy 1.5 SQ in window in freaking 1080HD.
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Quote from: Hoss6884 on August 03, 2014, 07:48:21 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 03, 2014, 01:08:49 AM
Hey, any news on the So Beltway, the PTC website has not had any updates since construction started.
I was through there a week ago and there were several pillars in the ground for the bridges over US 22 near the current eastern terminus. I will try to grab some pictures and post soon. I live in the area and will sometimes go home that way to avoid the mess that has become the construction zone of US 22/30 near Robinson during rush hour.
I passed the 576/22 interchange 2 weeks ago, and my question is this: What's with the silly looking BGS's (or maybe 'medium' green signs) with the tiny arrows?
https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.424131,-80.315745&spn=0.000016,0.013078&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.424329,-80.317813&panoid=ZwO_mDo9nIJxt2vgHXVPAg&cbp=12,353.87,,0,-1.01 (https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.424131,-80.315745&spn=0.000016,0.013078&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.424329,-80.317813&panoid=ZwO_mDo9nIJxt2vgHXVPAg&cbp=12,353.87,,0,-1.01)
Quote- $15 million Greenfield Avenue Bridge rehab (is this not an actual replacement?)
Last I heard/read it was a replacement. Part of the plan was to shut down the Parkway East for a few days to build up (then remove) a mound of dirt for the debris of the current bridge to land on. (Also, the bridge under the bridge would be removed)
Quote- $71 million for road projects including Route 51 and Washington Road improvements (that's a lot of $$, can someone elaborate)
Just guessing here, but the way it's phrased, it sounds like that may just be a lot of general maintenance/resurfacing/etc..., and they just mentioned those 2 roads specifically. Other than the already-under-way 51/88 intersection work, I haven't heard of anything major planned.
Quote- $82 million for Freedom Road upgrades (three phases) in New Sewickley and Conway (I am curious how much tis encompasses, with growth in Cranberry, this corridor is becoming a defacto NW arterial bypass)
From what I read, it starts at PA-65 and cuts to where the road was improved years ago (PA-989). There was an article or site months ago with pretty good information and a graphic.
QuoteEverytime I go to the Trib on line, I find a little 1x1.5" box hidden at the bottom right corner of the screen loading a GD 1080 HD video about something I could care less about
Yeah... that gets real annoying. And it's happening on so many site now. Automatically starting videos that I don't want have become a real menace. I don't have to worry about bandwidth limitations (speed or consumption) with FiOS, but the audio is always way too loud compared to whatever else I have going on.
Quote from: Hoss6884 on August 03, 2014, 07:48:21 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 03, 2014, 01:08:49 AM
Hey, any news on the So Beltway, the PTC website has not had any updates since construction started.
I was through there a week ago and there were several pillars in the ground for the bridges over US 22 near the current eastern terminus. I will try to grab some pictures and post soon. I live in the area and will sometimes go home that way to avoid the mess that has become the construction zone of US 22/30 near Robinson during rush hour.
Remember guys, we do have a dedicated thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2294.0) about PA Turnpike 576. ;)
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 03, 2014, 11:25:49 PM- $30.4 million for widening of Route 31 in Donegal (I understand this involves a major upgrade to the 31/711/381 intersection)
While I never found anything of real substance on PennDOT's site for this, http://www.laurelhighlandsliving.com/donegal-interchange-and-rt-31-proposed-construction/ (http://www.laurelhighlandsliving.com/donegal-interchange-and-rt-31-proposed-construction/) has some pictures of pictures and info on their site.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laurelhighlandsliving.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F01%2FRt-31-Rt-711.jpg&hash=73fc76ab3a0ee55a919a55daa3edf706e61dba8b)
I guess it's a major upgrade for that intersection, relative to what that intersection is. It also looks like they're planning a truck climbing lane starting just west of the intersection. (This seems to be showing up upside-down, if you click the image in the article it appears right side up)
Interchange with the Turnpike
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laurelhighlandsliving.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F01%2FTurnpike-Inerchange.jpg&hash=23c4dad7ade73087fc20a94f86904f8292f0fb9f)
Looks like eastbound PA-31 traffic might get a free-flowing lane, not sure if a barrier is indicated or just painted lines.
Was just up in Cranberry tonight and found out that PennDOT has now opened the brand new PA-228 WB > I-79 SB ramp. So, no more left turns are needed going WB on PA-228 to get onto I-79 now going either way.
I may have inquired before, but is there a website showing progress with the US 219 Summerset to Meyerdale progress?
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 18, 2014, 07:29:35 PM
I may have inquired before, but is there a website showing progress with the US 219 Summerset to Meyerdale progress?
There use to be a website for this project, but it's long since gone.
Anyways, we do have a thread dedicated to this project that updates should be posted to instead of here. ;) https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2269.0
In case anyone was curious about (and aware of) progress of the US-119/PA-819 interchange reconfiguration in between Mt. Pleasant & Scottdale, I was able to get these pics on Christmas:
A rough overview:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1182.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx444%2Ftha_professor1%2F119-819--Overall_View.jpg&hash=b86426f3632491318d2b29b34600140a12affb4d)
The new bridge is higher and wider, though with the current diamond ramps open, it has nothing connecting to it yet.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1182.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx444%2Ftha_professor1%2F119-819--Route_Crossings.jpg&hash=e0eff3b5ed4ae080fb03cca04af315d9d79d6348)
The new folded-diamond on/off ramps for SB 119 each require bridges.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1182.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx444%2Ftha_professor1%2F119-819--Ramp_Bridges.jpg&hash=55e4aebc0aae1e248611ca2ea70b63fc54da1466)
Greenfield Bridge implosion to close Parkway between Christmas, New Year's (http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/7602385-74/bridge-greenfield-parkway#axzz3PMjt64kh)
Not really too much new here, other than just confirming that it's still happening.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on December 28, 2014, 04:03:00 PM
In case anyone was curious about (and aware of) progress of the US-119/PA-819 interchange reconfiguration in between Mt. Pleasant & Scottdale, I was able to get these pics on Christmas
What is the point of this when there are other intersections that could have been removed? (Not criticizing the need for the project.)
Looks like PA 228 will soon be four lanes between I-79 and PA 8, but they have to whack a few properties (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/02/02/rt-228-work-could-force-some-residents-out-of-homes/) in the process.
They need to widen PA 910 to four lanes between I-79 and PA 8 as well. At least it's good to see one part of the Pittsburgh area with suburb-to-suburb movements that are something more than piss poor.
Quote from: Gnutella on February 24, 2015, 01:24:49 AM
Looks like PA 228 will soon be four lanes between I-79 and PA 8, but they have to whack a few properties (http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/02/02/rt-228-work-could-force-some-residents-out-of-homes/) in the process.
I guess it all depends on the definition of "soon". And there are still other segments on the west side of the Mars area that need widened as well.
Not sure if anyone is familiar with this site, but The Mon Valley Progress (http://www.monvalleyprogress.org/Turnpike43/index.html) website features some nice, detailed .pdf's of the Mon Valley Expressway from PA-51 to I-376.
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on May 21, 2015, 11:36:57 AM
Not sure if anyone is familiar with this site, but The Mon Valley Progress (http://www.monvalleyprogress.org/Turnpike43/index.html) website features some nice, detailed .pdf's of the Mon Valley Expressway from PA-51 to I-376.
It would be nice to finish PA 43 to Pittsburgh, and the Southern Beltway too.
Quote from: Henry on May 22, 2015, 01:03:27 PM
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on May 21, 2015, 11:36:57 AM
Not sure if anyone is familiar with this site, but The Mon Valley Progress (http://www.monvalleyprogress.org/Turnpike43/index.html) website features some nice, detailed .pdf's of the Mon Valley Expressway from PA-51 to I-376.
It would be nice to finish PA 43 to Pittsburgh, and the Southern Beltway too.
The Beltway is currently under construction from US-22 to I-79. The rest of the project (Along with PA-43) is in limbo (Which is unfortunate, because the Mon Valley surely needs an expressway).
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on May 21, 2015, 11:36:57 AM
Not sure if anyone is familiar with this site, but The Mon Valley Progress (http://www.monvalleyprogress.org/Turnpike43/index.html) website features some nice, detailed .pdf's of the Mon Valley Expressway from PA-51 to I-376.
Yes, what could have been.
<Kang>"It would have been glorious! GLORIOUS!"</Kang>
I was surprised to see that the ramps would eliminate Bates Street access from the Parkway WB, I wonder what alternative will provide drivers WB with easy Oakland access?
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on May 22, 2015, 08:16:26 PM
I was surprised to see that the ramps would eliminate Bates Street access from the Parkway WB, I wonder what alternative will provide drivers WB with easy Oakland access?
I think there are about four alternatives with the 376/43/885 interchange. The NS-24A option keeps the WB access with Bates Street (With access to 2nd Ave. intact as well).
Quote from: Hoss6884 on June 16, 2015, 12:51:15 PM
I was driving around the Airport today and I noticed two stub ramps at the interchange with I-376 and the western terminus of BL-376.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5120127,-80.2750409,461m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5120127,-80.2750409,461m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Can anyone tell me anything about this? All Historical Aerials tells me is that the stubs existed as far back as 1993.
http://historicaerials.com?layer=1993&zoom=17&lat=40.51145001523443&lon=-80.27712106704712 (http://historicaerials.com?layer=1993&zoom=17&lat=40.51145001523443&lon=-80.27712106704712)
I would guess that the stubs are for direct connection flyovers from north I-376 to east BUS I-376.
Turnpike officials revive Mon-Fayette Expressway extension (http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2015/06/18/Turnpike-officials-revive-Mon-Fayette-Expressway-extension/stories/201506180044)
Killing off the leg to downtown may make it somewhat more affordable.... But I still won't believe it till I see the earth being moved.
As a later phase, they could build a reversible "super 2(3) " connector from the Parkway to the Glenwood Bridge based on the build out plans, this combined with some version of an exit from 43 in Jefferson Hills to an PA 885 connector, would give alot of aid to South Hills residents without overloading Mifflin Road.
Officials consider new color for iconic Sister Bridges across Allegheny (http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8599080-74/bridges-bridge-county#axzz3dYpFm6UE)
Not sure what I think about the idea in general.
And the poll questions are kind of dumb.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on June 19, 2015, 09:21:30 PM
Officials consider new color for iconic Sister Bridges across Allegheny (http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8599080-74/bridges-bridge-county#axzz3dYpFm6UE)
Not sure what I think about the idea in general.
And the poll questions are kind of dumb.
It's simple. KEEP THEM GOLD!!!!
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 20, 2015, 12:34:29 AM
It's simple. KEEP THEM GOLD!!!!
Amen. These golden bridges are a Pittsburgh icon.
I remember them before they were gold.
PennDOT wants to revise interchange on Route 119 in Fayette County (http://triblive.com/news/fayette/8970192-74/interchange-project-penndot#axzz3jxlkU7RR)
We'll see if/what happens with this. It would eliminate 2 traffic signals, making PA-982 the first one you'd encounter traveling south from New Stanton.
Hoping PennDOT or some organization puts the plans they are showing at the meeting online to be viewed as well.
How did the Fort Pitt Bridge get its color? (http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2015/09/16/how-did-the-fort-pitt-bridge-get-its-color/)
Some interesting pictures and information from a paint job project in 1981.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on September 16, 2015, 11:42:59 AM
How did the Fort Pitt Bridge get its color? (http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2015/09/16/how-did-the-fort-pitt-bridge-get-its-color/)
Some interesting pictures and information from a paint job project in 1981.
Love the shots of the old signage on the bridge!
PennDOT claims they are considering roundabouts as the first option for intersection reconfigurations and sites like the new New Castle and Bentleyville interchanges on I-70 will make extensive use of them as well, like we see in Europe and even a few thousand miles west on I-70 in Vail, CO.
If funding continues to be decent and they can fix the low hanging fruit over the next 5-10 years, when they finally get to the incredibly substandard portions of I-376 east and west of Pittsburgh, can any of you envision something as elegant as this at Greentree or Squirrel Hill? (Switch to satellite view)
https://maps.google.com/?q=40.547259,-3.895407&hl=en-US&gl=us
Quote from: PITCHS on October 01, 2015, 12:33:10 PM
PennDOT claims they are considering roundabouts as the first option for intersection reconfigurations and sites like the new New Castle and Bentleyville interchanges on I-70 will make extensive use of them as well, like we see in Europe and even a few thousand miles west on I-70 in Vail, CO.
If funding continues to be decent and they can fix the low hanging fruit over the next 5-10 years, when they finally get to the incredibly substandard portions of I-376 east and west of Pittsburgh, can any of you envision something as elegant as this at Greentree or Squirrel Hill? (Switch to satellite view)
https://maps.google.com/?q=40.547259,-3.895407&hl=en-US&gl=us
There's probably not enough room for roundabouts at many of the interchanges along I-376. I think SPUIs would be a better way to go at several of them, including the Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon, Edgewood/Swissvale and Churchill interchanges. Maybe a modified SPUI could work at the Bates Street/Oakland interchange too. If there's one place where a grand roundabout could work, it's the Wilkinsburg/Forest Hills interchange. There's enough room inside the existing interchange footprint for a roundabout with multiple lanes and a decent radius. Speaking of radii, I hope the roundabouts that PennDOT is building now have large enough radii for 18-wheelers to use without dragging their trailers over curbs or grass.
I always felt that Greentree/Craft on and Squirrel hill should get the "Shirlington Rotary" treatment
Eventually they will have to get creative and do something with several of those interchanges. I'd like to see a complete redesign at Carnegie too. All are very challenging but it will be a long time before we see them addressed so plenty of time to think of something that's never been considered before.
I don't understand how the Parkway West can be an interstate with the clear lack of standards at Carnegie and Greentree.
It's really disgusting that people have to drive on something stuck in the 1950s. This should have been addressed decades ago.
New blog entry that covers the conversion of PA 71 to Interstate 70 (then Interstate 70S) from Washington, PA to New Stanton from 1958 - 1960. During this time a number of at grades were eliminated, four new interchanges were built, and three others were reconfigured.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-first-series-of-upgrades-to.html
Too bad many of those side ramps aren't being closed during the reconstruction of Interstate 70. Many of these interchanges could simply be combined.
Just Read that the Parkway east will close between Christmas and New Years for the demolition of the Greenfield Bridge.
Greenfield Bridge came down this morning, even though the requisite explosives detonated, the Schenly Park approach remained standing, although mangled up.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/greenfield-bridge-implosion-day/
Quote from: dave19 on December 29, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/greenfield-bridge-implosion-day/
Did anyone notice that the bridge began imploding before she dropped the plunger? Look at the center of the bridge, it lights off just as she starts to drop the plunger.
Coordination, folks...
Quote from: DeaconG on December 31, 2015, 08:14:21 AM
Quote from: dave19 on December 29, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/greenfield-bridge-implosion-day/
Did anyone notice that the bridge began imploding before she dropped the plunger? Look at the center of the bridge, it lights off just as she starts to drop the plunger.
Coordination, folks...
The plunger was probably for show. The actual explosion was probably started with the press of a button. But since you said coordination you probably realized that. So I'd say close enough. It's not that important.
I know, it was just a data point.
Quote from: BrianP on December 31, 2015, 08:49:16 AM
Quote from: DeaconG on December 31, 2015, 08:14:21 AM
Quote from: dave19 on December 29, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/greenfield-bridge-implosion-day/
Did anyone notice that the bridge began imploding before she dropped the plunger? Look at the center of the bridge, it lights off just as she starts to drop the plunger.
Coordination, folks...
The plunger was probably for show. The actual explosion was probably started with the press of a button. But since you said coordination you probably realized that. So I'd say close enough. It's not that important.
When the Woodrow Wilson Bridge was imploded, I recall reading that a licensed demolition person has to push the actual button, so the photographed plunger is indeed just for show.
If that's the case they should have had someone dressed as darth vader "use the force" on it.
Yeah.... if I paid for the winning raffle ticket and it's just for show, I'd want it to be as entertaining a show as possible (accepting the implosion itself is the main attraction)
Well.... what was apparently at one point considered a freeway idea, is now boiled down to some proposals for for corridor improvement (and maybe an interchange with the Turnpike)
http://laurelvalleyproject.com/default.html (http://"http://laurelvalleyproject.com/default.html")
For what it's worth, a full freeway was probably never necessary anyway.
2 New Stanton bridges now slated for complete closures (http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/11767683-74/bridge-project-stanton)
An article that gives an idea of the current progress, and remaining work for the I-70 / New Statnton interchange project (though a lot more pics would have been nice)
Somewhat related, since the new interchange has roundabouts, an article about roundabouts in Westmoreland County
PennDOT touts roundabouts to help motorists in Unity, New Stanton (http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/11766905-74/roundabouts-traffic-percent)
(There is a pic in the second article that has it looking like I-70 isn't using the temporary highway, and is using the new bridge over the future interchange)
When writing this feature on the old Greater Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal, all i could think about is how great it would have been to have my digital or cell phone camera vs. the disposable camera I had back then.
When I was a student at Robert Morris, the old airport terminal was five minutes away and still standing - empty and abandoned - but still there. On a gloomy October day in 1998, a friend and I decided to explore the old building. My photos didn't really turnout - fortunately some of them did. I hope you enjoy this small feature on the old Airport.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/04/former-greater-pittsburgh-international.html
Quote from: CanesFan27 on April 07, 2017, 09:46:00 PM
When writing this feature on the old Greater Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal, all i could think about is how great it would have been to have my digital or cell phone camera vs. the disposable camera I had back then.
When I was a student at Robert Morris, the old airport terminal was five minutes away and still standing - empty and abandoned - but still there. On a gloomy October day in 1998, a friend and I decided to explore the old building. My photos didn't really turnout - fortunately some of them did. I hope you enjoy this small feature on the old Airport.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/04/former-greater-pittsburgh-international.html
As someone who grew up in Moon Township in the '60s and '70s, this is neat. When Allegheny Airlines morphed from a small regional carrier into the beginnings of USAir, the township saw a boom in growth. My elementary school classes went from small to 20+ kids in the classroom at Carnot Elementary (later a USAirways training center, now demolished and converted to gravel).
Along with the growth of the airport came changes in the roads in the area. New runways severed a number of roads and created some new ones (now subsumed into the new airport) that were straight, flat, and the scene of many drag races. The Beaver Valley Expressway started construction as an extension of the Parkway, with the actual route through the township up in the air for many years. At the time, it was to extend north of the parkway, running from near the West Hills Par-3 golf course/Dependable Drive-in adjacent to the Rosemont and Sharon Hill (where I lived) subdivisions to tie in with the Parkway where it makes the sharp bend near the entrance to the air base. Until the matter was resolved, the expressway ended where there were stubs for that route, and followed the route of the current road to a four-way intersection with the "end" of the Parkway, the airport entrance, and Beers School Road (now University Blvd.). For the longest time, one could exit the Parkway at the at-grade intersection of Thorn Run Road, which provided a back way home (especially after Rouser Road was connected through from Sharon Hill to the office park). That was replaced with the new Robert E. Harper interchange (named for a distant cousin) and all the new roads to serve the office park that took over the former Montour Heights Country Club (which moved to the former McCune estate on Coraopolis Heights Road, where they built a new golf course on the farm). Things changed considerably when the new airport was built and the new highway to serve it wiped out White Swan amusement park and changed the whole landscape of Findley Township.
Bruce in Blacksburg (but a native of the 'Burgh)
Keeping with the Greater Pittsburgh Airport theme - an exploration of the series of ghost ramps and stubs that are/were around the airport and the stories behind them.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-story-behind-ghost-ramps-around.html
You may or may not recall the stub end to the US 40 Expressway just east of Brownsville. After sitting idle for 40 years, the highway finally extended souteastwards as part of the Redstone Connector to PA 43. Well, I resurrected an old page about it and found some historic aerials and an old map to try and figure out what the original plans were...and still am not sure. So why not throw it out there and see what others may know!
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-story-on-how-unbuilt-us-40.html
Well, McKnightmare is living up to it's name tonight!! YIKES!! :-o :ded:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/car-catches-fire-in-floodwaters-on-mcknight-road/534473382
https://twitter.com/C_LeJeune15/status/875808615088705536
Another section of the Mon-Fayette Expressway has been approved, per Trib Live:
Quote
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission will include the last leg of the Mon-Fayette Expressway project in its long-range plan.
The regional body on Monday voted 47-4 to include the controversial 14-mile extension in the plan, with three representatives from Pittsburgh-area groups and one from Butler County voting against it.
The expressway, estimated to cost $2.2 billion, would connect Route 51 in Jefferson Hills with Interstate 376 near Monroeville – the last stretch in a decades-long effort to link I-376 to I-68 near Morgantown, W.Va.
See http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/12447355-74/last-leg-of-mon-fayette-expressway-okd
Quote"We found out from the Turnpike Commission that if we don't use this money... it will be sent to the other end of the state," said Fitzgerald. "While I still believe there are probably better uses ... I will be supporting this project at this point to move forward."
Read as:
We won't be supporting this waste of money, let's use it elsewhere.
Wait, if we don't use it here, we lose it?
Well, this will be OUR waste of money, then!
OR
We can't let THEM (that other side of the state) take OUR money away...
What's the saying, "All politics is local"?
Or something like that.
I'll still be surprised to ever drive a mile of this highway north of PA-51. Not heart-attack-inducing shock.... but surprised.
Pretty much a waste of money without the western leg toward Pittsburgh.
Quote from: Roadsguy on June 27, 2017, 08:24:32 PM
Pretty much a waste of money without the western leg toward Pittsburgh.
Not necessarily. Combined with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the South Beltway, there's three quarters of a loop around Pittsburgh, albeit all-toll. This also puts the industrial brownfields in the lower Mon Valley (Homestead to Clairton) directly on the Interstate network. Those sites ain't redeveloping without roads that can handle a large number of trucks.
Quote from: Gnutella on June 27, 2017, 09:51:56 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on June 27, 2017, 08:24:32 PM
Pretty much a waste of money without the western leg toward Pittsburgh.
Not necessarily. Combined with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the South Beltway, there's three quarters of a loop around Pittsburgh, albeit all-toll. This also puts the industrial brownfields in the lower Mon Valley (Homestead to Clairton) directly on the Interstate network. Those sites ain't redeveloping without roads that can handle a large number of trucks.
One of the people who commented on the story on the Trib website pointed to I-279 and its impact. Before it was built (and I-79 was actually completed all the way south to Neville Island), there was't much going on in Warrendale, other than whatever small collection of gas stations and restaurants existed because of the Turnpike interchange there. Now it is a major suburban outpost of Pittsburgh and people know where Cranberry Township is located. I can't say that I-279 is the deciding factor but it had to have an effect on making access to that area much easier. The commenter claimed that completion of this leg of the Mon-Fayette Expressway would have the same effect on that area and people would be wise to start buying property in the area to be ready for the coming boom.
Bruce in Blacksburg -- but a native of the 'Burgh (Moon Twp.)
Possibly, though most of the North Hills / Cranberry and surrounding areas were farmland / "greenfield"
A lot of the Mon-valley is more-expensive-to-develop industrial brownfield (or already developed, but depressed residential stock)
While transit might be nice for a strictly commuting sense, treating the area as bedroom communities to the downtown/Oakland core, any other development / redevelopment does need major transportation improvements. I'm not saying this road is going to be a cure-all, hell, even I'm not sure it's worth the money..... but the current road network in the South Hills / Mon-Valley right now is complete and total shit.
I've never understood how the Mon-Fayette will be of much value as a commuter route without the spur into Pittsburgh. While there are some corporate campuses and other commercial centers around Monroeville, someone traveling NE from Duquesne to Monroeville is heading
away from the majority of the Pittsburgh metro area. And if motorists try to make the roundabout connection from the Mon-Fayette northbound to the Parkway East westbound, they'll be exacerbating already overloaded choke points at the Squirrel Hill Tunnel through the Point and beyond.
Honestly, I have long thought that the greatest possible value of the entire project would be its ability to serve as an I-376 bypass if it were to be built as originally planned (with the Pittsburgh spur). In fact, I wouldn't be surprised the two legs bypassing the Squirrel Hill Tunnel would see more traffic and generate more toll revenue than the entire remainder of the Mon-Fayette.
As currently planned, I only see it being valuable as an industrial route giving Turnpike access to Mon Valley businesses.
Quote from: VTGoose on June 28, 2017, 09:18:18 AM
One of the people who commented on the story on the Trib website pointed to I-279 and its impact. The commenter claimed that completion of this leg of the Mon-Fayette Expressway would have the same effect on that area and people would be wise to start buying property in the area to be ready for the coming boom.
But if the Mon-Fayette spawns a new Cranberry in the Mon Valley, is that necessarily a good thing? My impression is that, given the overall stagnation of the metro area as a whole, "growth" in SWPA is basically a zero-sum game. In other words, if new shopping centers, housing developments, etc. go up in the vicinity of the Mon-Fayette simply because the land and highway access facilitates new construction, it will be at the expense of other suburban areas or even the Pittsburgh itself.
Quote from: briantroutman on June 28, 2017, 08:47:15 PMAs currently planned, I only see it being valuable as an industrial route giving Turnpike access to Mon Valley businesses.
That alone makes this project worthwhile, as far as I'm concerned. The Mon Valley is lined with abandoned brownfields, so access to these brownfields reopens them to development. As it stands now, they have no chance of redevelopment because the local road network can't handle trucks at all. (It can't even handle cars efficiently either.) And if we're serious about reducing suburban sprawl, then we'll do whatever it takes to redevelop abandoned brownfields, so new industry has less incentive to develop greenfields.
Quote from: briantroutman on June 28, 2017, 08:47:15 PMBut if the Mon-Fayette spawns a new Cranberry in the Mon Valley, is that necessarily a good thing? My impression is that, given the overall stagnation of the metro area as a whole, "growth" in SWPA is basically a zero-sum game. In other words, if new shopping centers, housing developments, etc. go up in the vicinity of the Mon-Fayette simply because the land and highway access facilitates new construction, it will be at the expense of other suburban areas or even the Pittsburgh itself.
I seriously doubt that the Mon-Fayette Expressway will induce much residential development. The Mon Valley and vicinity just isn't a desirable area to live, so most new development will be industrial. Using the proposed alignment of the final segment of the Mon-Fayette Expressway, the distance from the current northern terminus to the Allegheny Valley interchange (Exit 48) on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is 23 miles. It'd only take 15 minutes to get from Braddock or Duquesne to the Allegheny River Bridges, 20 minutes from McKeesport or Dravosburg, 30 minutes from Clairton or Elizabeth, 40 minutes from Monongahela or Charleroi, and 45 minutes from I-70. That's a HUGE reduction in time and trouble, so nearby brownfields would be unlocked for sure.
Time will tell whether it was a good idea abandoning the western spur. Probably not, but I think it's good to see that the whole Mon-Fayette will be completed soon.
Quote from: Henry on July 13, 2017, 09:49:52 AM
Time will tell whether it was a good idea abandoning the western spur. Probably not, but I think it's good to see that the whole Mon-Fayette will be completed soon.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission really had no choice but to abandon the Pittsburgh segment if they wanted to get either remaining segment completed. They'd face ardent, possibly even violent, NIMBY opposition in the city of Pittsburgh, and Bill Peduto is the kind of left-wing liberal mayor who'd do Seattle proud. Right-wing conservatives in western Pennsylvania don't call him "Bicycle Bill" for nothing. :poke:
Not that I have a problem with bike lanes or public transit necessarily, just that the city of Pittsburgh now has a critical mass of people who are so anti-car that they don't even see the need to upgrade I-376 to modern Interstate standards, let alone build a new highway into the city.
ASIDE: The political gradient from the urban core to the exurban fringe in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area has very quietly become extreme, with a deep blue city and inner suburbs, various hues of purple in the remainder of Allegheny County, and deep red exurban counties.
That's an unfair characterization. To be blunt, there wasn't much support for the completion of the Mon-Fayette toll road, considering that it doesn't really serve any real economic interest nor serve as a functional bypass.
Would you call all liberals "ardent and violent?" Do you hold the same resolve for conservatives who petition outside of abortion clinics? I sure hope so.
The city isn't all "anti-car" but there is no further room for expressways or freeways that wouldn't decimate entire neighborhoods or further divide the city. I-279 was bad enough, cutting through the heart of a historic neighborhood without provisions for a cap over the freeway. And I-376? It was rehabilitated not that long ago and folks are just fine with it being not to "modern" interstate standards. Sure, some of the ramps could (and will) be reconfigured but the highway doesn't warrant 12' left shoulders. The right-of-way costs alone would make that undertaking prohibitive.
Quote from: Gnutella on July 19, 2017, 06:33:07 AMleft-wing liberal...Right-wing conservatives
At this point, those statements are redundant. I don't see too many blue-dog democrats or liberal conservatives anymore.
I really don't know how to feel about the resurrection of the Mon-Fayette. On one hand I'm pleased they want to finish it, but on the other hand...when will it be completed? I'm guessing sometime by 2047.
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on July 19, 2017, 12:00:49 PM
Quote from: Gnutella on July 19, 2017, 06:33:07 AMleft-wing liberal...Right-wing conservatives
At this point, those statements are redundant. I don't see too many blue-dog democrats or liberal conservatives anymore.
I really don't know how to feel about the resurrection of the Mon-Fayette. On one hand I'm pleased they want to finish it, but on the other hand...when will it be completed? I'm guessing sometime by 2047.
Pittsburgh's terrain makes it difficult to build a freeway. And a modern-standard freeway just to bypass the Squirrel Hill Tunnel? Might as well just V-cut the tunnel out, remove everything above it like they want to in Wheeling, and it would probably be far cheaper and easier than building a bypass of the tunnel.
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 22, 2017, 03:40:11 PM
Might as well just V-cut the tunnel out, remove everything above it like they want to in Wheeling, and it would probably be far cheaper and easier than building a bypass of the tunnel.
Not with all the property they'd have to buy.... Squirrel Hill is one of the more expensive neighborhoods in the city.
Also, there is no way, politically, it would ever happen that they would just cut out the corridor.
If I have another 40-50 years left on this planet, I expect that what is there now (highway wise) will be what is there on my dying day.
Liberty Avenue between 12th and 34th to go on road diet as part of improvements"
Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh to get turning lane, traffic light upgrade | TribLIVE
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Try this.
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/12534531-74/liberty-avenue-in-pittsburgh-to-get-turning-lane-traffic-light-upgrade
For the purposes of OSM mapping, what's the timing for the lane directionality on the West End Bridge? I can hardly find any information on this, and what little I can suggests that it never changes at all except for exiting football game traffic.
Quote from: Roadsguy on July 27, 2017, 11:58:30 PM
For the purposes of OSM mapping, what's the timing for the lane directionality on the West End Bridge? I can hardly find any information on this, and what little I can suggests that it never changes at all except for exiting football game traffic.
I think it changes for Rush Hour, but I'm not sure either. Maybe try contacting PennDOT for that info? They maintain the road, so they should know this I would think.
I'm pretty sure it's just after football games (and maybe concerts at Heinz Field as well)
A developer has proposed a massive Oakland gateway development that will include developer funded improvements to the Bates Street interchange. It would add a ramp from EB 376 that would fly over Second Avenue and merge onto Second from the right just before Bates for Glenwood bound traffic and a parallell street to Bates to the west that would have a ramp for Oakland traffic to go onto 376 W. It would also create a much larger radius loop ramp from 376W to 885S encircling a new lake and make the 376W ramp to Bates 2 lanes and keeping to 2 lanes all the way uphill to Blvd of the Allies.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 11, 2017, 12:31:30 AM
A developer has proposed a massive Oakland gateway development that will include developer funded improvements to the Bates Street interchange. It would add a ramp from EB 376 that would fly over Second Avenue and merge onto Second from the right just before Bates for Glenwood bound traffic and a parallell street to Bates to the west that would have a ramp for Oakland traffic to go onto 376 W. It would also create a much larger radius loop ramp from 376W to 885S encircling a new lake and make the 376W ramp to Bates 2 lanes and keeping to 2 lanes all the way uphill to Blvd of the Allies.
This would pretty substantially improve access to the Southside Works shopping area across the Monongahela River. Right now, access to/from the west to here is pretty indirect.
Quote from: CanesFan27 on June 11, 2017, 10:46:53 PM
You may or may not recall the stub end to the US 40 Expressway just east of Brownsville. After sitting idle for 40 years, the highway finally extended souteastwards as part of the Redstone Connector to PA 43. Well, I resurrected an old page about it and found some historic aerials and an old map to try and figure out what the original plans were...and still am not sure. So why not throw it out there and see what others may know!
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-story-on-how-unbuilt-us-40.html
Last week, I had a blog comment with new information about where that never built highway was to go and what happened to it.
"According to the 25 Mar 1975 The Evening Standard (Uniontown PA):
Proposed construction of a four-lane roadway (Route 40) from the Grindstone Rd. to Uniontown has been held up due to an Environmental Impact Statement and changes necessitated by the Brier Hill "new town" project falling through. A public hearing should be held within the next two months but construction is at least three years away. The project includes a 6.9-mile section from the interchange at the Grindstone Rd. to Rocks Works at a cost of $14 million and another section from Rocks Works to the Uniontown by-pass, four miles at an estimated cost of $15 million."
Now of course that leads to new questions - what was the alignment and how much does the current PA Toll 43 follow those plans from the 1960s & 70s? Where and how would have it connected to the US 119 Uniontown Bypass? What was the Brier Hill "new town" project. Brier Hill was a company mining town built in the early 1900s and the mine closed shop in 1937. The community was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 - did that have something to do with it? I had never heard of Rocks Works until this new information and it just seems like a crossroads but who knows.
I think I can safely that the financial difficulties of PennDot during this time period killed this project like so many others.
Looks like if we head home to PA over Thanksgiving a little more digging in Fayette County is now on the agenda.
I always thought that the PA 21 interchange with US 119 was too high powered and planned for something more important.
Feature on the old Donora-Webster bridge and that distinct sound from an open-grate bridge.
http://quintessentialpa.blogspot.com/2017/10/donora-webster-bridge.html
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on October 01, 2017, 10:24:36 PM
I always thought that the PA 21 interchange with US 119 was too high powered and planned for something more important.
It's a trumpet with a 25mph loop. It's not high powered at all.
PA 21 is too close to US 40 to allow mainline PA 21 to interchange directly with the bypass. The interchange setup used now provides spacing between the interchanges along US 119.
One of the curious pieces of Pittsburgh's highway history is the never completed interchange between the Crosstown Expressway (Interstate 579) and Bigelow Boulevard (PA 380). When construction stopped in the mid-60s on the Crosstown project, a ghost ramp was built into the retaining wall of eastbound Bigelow Boulevard for the eventual tie in of a ramp from what would become Interstate 579 South.
When construction to complete 579 began in the mid-80s, the plans for a full interchange between the two roadways were dropped - and the ghost ramp is all that remained. It is widely believed that the addition of the 279/579 HOV Lanes is what killed this ramp, but other theories - including historic preservation - exist.
Take a look at the slightly revamped page of a gribblenation classic.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-bigelow-blvd-crosstown-expressway.html
It is widely agreed that one of the nation's most substandard sections of Interstate is Interstate 70 from New Stanton to Washington, Pennsylvania.
Built in the early-mid 1950's, this section of Interstate 70 has numerous features that are below Interstate standards - and were even when the I-70S (later I-70) designation was applied to it. Consider, a 4' median, deceleration/acceleration ramps less than 400', and more are well below Interstate standards.
One of the more dangerous areas is the Speers-Belle Vernon Bridge over the Monongahela River. Well into the 1970's, the travel lanes of this bridge were paved with macadam and the median consisted of a 6" wide - 4" high raised median. It was one of the most deadly stretches of Interstate in Western Pennsylvania.
In the 1970's, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had plans to widen Interstate 70 to six lanes and also built a six lane bypass of the Speers-Belle Vernon area to the highway's south. This would have included a new bridge over the Mon at Allenport & Fayette City. Unfortunately, like many PennDOT projects of the 1970s, these plans were killed due to the agency's ongoing fiscal issues.
I've updated an old gribblenation page on this never realized plan to upgrade and relocate Interstate 70. As always, any additional insight and information is greatly appreciated.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-relief-route-that-wasnt-never-built.html
Another old SWPA Roads Project feature updated for the blog. The numerous failed plans and boondoggles of the Wabash Bridge and Tunnel.
Currently a reversible rush-hour facility, the Wabash Tunnel has a colorful history or curse of bad timing and lost money.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-many-failed-plans-of-pittsburghs.html
Quote from: CanesFan27 on November 20, 2017, 09:23:34 PM
Another old SWPA Roads Project feature updated for the blog. The numerous failed plans and boondoggles of the Wabash Bridge and Tunnel.
Currently a reversible rush-hour facility, the Wabash Tunnel has a colorful history or curse of bad timing and lost money.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-many-failed-plans-of-pittsburghs.html
Come to think of it, since the tunnel is two full lanes (https://goo.gl/maps/XeG64nT3EGN2), why does it reverse at all if it's still just one lane? Why not have two reversible lanes or just leave it open two-way 24/7?
Quote from: Roadsguy on November 21, 2017, 09:16:58 AM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on November 20, 2017, 09:23:34 PM
Another old SWPA Roads Project feature updated for the blog. The numerous failed plans and boondoggles of the Wabash Bridge and Tunnel.
Currently a reversible rush-hour facility, the Wabash Tunnel has a colorful history or curse of bad timing and lost money.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-many-failed-plans-of-pittsburghs.html
Come to think of it, since the tunnel is two full lanes (https://goo.gl/maps/XeG64nT3EGN2), why does it reverse at all if it's still just one lane? Why not have two reversible lanes or just leave it open two-way 24/7?
They are ten foot lanes. So concerns over head-on commissions is why.
Quote from: Hoss6884 on November 22, 2017, 07:48:20 AM
Thanks for writing about this. I grew up in Belle Vernon and had researched that stretch of I-70 and its origin, but I had no idea about the plans for a bypass. I wonder if Joe Grata remembers or knows more about this. He retired from the Post-Gazette some time ago but is still active in the community - including President of the Belle Vernon Area School Board.
I've met Joe twice at road meets we had in the Mon Valley over the years. I should reach out to him through another retired P-G that has an interest in the hobby, Pete Zapadka.
Joe most likely has the most knowledge of anyone about Western PA highways plans and projects from the mid-late 60s to today.
Quote from: Hoss6884 on November 22, 2017, 07:48:20 AM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on November 19, 2017, 06:45:50 PM
It is widely agreed that one of the nation's most substandard sections of Interstate is Interstate 70 from New Stanton to Washington, Pennsylvania....
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-relief-route-that-wasnt-never-built.html
Thanks for writing about this. I grew up in Belle Vernon and had researched that stretch of I-70 and its origin, but I had no idea about the plans for a bypass. I wonder if Joe Grata remembers or knows more about this. He retired from the Post-Gazette some time ago but is still active in the community - including President of the Belle Vernon Area School Board.
I'll add my thanks, too. I grew up in Monongahela and still live in the area. I'd heard rumors of the bypass, but this was a good introduction. If you find any other info, I'd love to read it.
I think I have reason to believe that PA 43 and PA 576 will be the last two new freeway projects in the area, seeing that it is as built up and pricey as Philadelphia.
Quote from: Henry on November 30, 2017, 10:23:25 AM
I think I have reason to believe that PA 43 and PA 576 will be the last two new freeway projects in the area, seeing that it is as built up and pricey as Philadelphia.
There's really not a lot of need for additional freeways in SW PA. What is most needed is the widening and reconstruction of existing freeways.
There are plans to cap I-579 in downtown Pittsburgh:
http://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2017/12/04/Pedestrian-park-Interstate-579-Crosstown-Boulevard-Lower-Hill-District-PIttsburgh/stories/201712040015
For those of us that grew up in the Mid Mon Valley or even the South Hills, you have to take 51 and Saw Mill Run Boulevard into Pittsburgh. The narrow, traffic congested highway, that's seems to have been stuck in a time warp.
Well about a 90 years ago, the road was celebrated as a much needed link into Pittsburgh. I've updated an article I wrote about 51 and Saw Mill Run Blvd on its history and some of the proposals to improve the highway that never came to be.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-look-at-pittsburghs-saw-mill-run.html
During the late 1990s while a student at Robert Morris, I had an internship in Millvale that required me to take PA 65/Ohio River Boulevard back and forth from the Moon Township campus.
I enjoyed this drive - it was a mix of beautiful homes, old style highway businesses, some neat bridges, and every now and then some gold brick side streets.
It wasn't until after I left Pittsburgh that I really discovered the history of this road and it's own unique piece of Pittsburgh.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/pittsburghs-ohio-river-boulevard.html
Allegheny River Boulevard is perhaps the most scenic of the Pittsburgh's four City Beautiful highways built in the late 1920s. Running along the south shore of the river the highway is named after, Allegheny River Boulevard was infamously known in the 1930s as "Bungle Boulevard" as a result of errors in planning.
Today, preservationists are trying to restore the eight "observation lookouts" that give this road a parkway feel.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/allegheny-river-boulevard-pittsburghs.html
I once long ago viewed a PA hwy map of Pittsburgh that predated Saw Mill Run Blvd and the West End Bridge. I was fascinated at the routing of PA 51 and 88 back then: Both crossing into the triangle via S18th street to Carson to the S10th Street bridge, then second ave with 88 going across the Manchester Bridge and 51 back across the Point Bridge to Carson Street. Blvd of the Allies also did not exist past downtown so US 22/30 went out Bigelow to Craig to Baum
The initial public hearing for the reconstruction of the PA28/ Highland Park Bridge interchange was tonight with the first showing of the redesign. I have yet to see it, but one hint I hear is the signalization of the junction of the ramp from the HP bridge to 28 and the Freeport Rd ramp towards 28 n.
We all have items that really introduced us or got us interested into the hobby. For me, it was hearing my father, other neighbors, and various other people in my area talk about the "New 48".
I literally grew up on PA 48 - my parents home is still there - and the story of this never completed four lane expressway in Pittsburgh has always interested me.
I've updated an old gribblenation/SWPA Roads Project page on the 'New 48'. It's amazing how trying to figure out the story behind this route over the years has led to discovering information on many other highways that were proposed and never built in the Pittsburgh area.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-new-pa-48-unbuilt-eastern-allegheny.html
If you lived or frequented Pittsburgh's North Hills often over the last 80+ years, chances are that you are rather familiar with William Flynn Highway which is PA Route 8. But the name on the street signs are wrong. It is actually the William FLINN Highway named after one of Pittsburgh's biggest political power brokers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
For many decades signs along Route 8 incorrectly spelled Mr. Flinn's last name as Flynn. It wasn't until I first wrote about this highway in 2000 that I realized his last name was misspelled.
As a result of his political connections, Flinn's construction firm constructed some of Pittsburgh's most important infrastructure projects of that era including the Mt. Washington Transit, Liberty and Armstrong Tunnels. It just goes to show that every road does tell a story - even ones that aren't spelled correctly.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-william-flinn-not-flynn-highway.html
A few weeks ago I received a handful of photos showing what would become Interstate 70 in Western Pennsylvania near the Kammerer Exit (Today's Exit 31). These photos are from the 1950s and show the then Alternate PA 71 under construction. The motel in the photos - The Carlton Motel - is still operating. What is interesting is that the highway was originally built at grade. I also came across a vintage 1960s era post card of the Carlton Motel and Interstate 70 that shows the 4" raised curb median and what looks like the lack of a paved shoulder.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2017/12/interstate-70-at-kammerer-construction.html
I noticed two permanent partially variable signs in the Pittsburgh area (here (https://goo.gl/maps/FBhZijEw9KF2) and here (https://goo.gl/maps/Byx736o4G7E2)), but none of the past Street View captures have them showing anything different (just older versions of the signs if there were any). What do these two signs ever change to?
Quote from: Roadsguy on December 30, 2017, 09:38:17 PM
I noticed two permanent partially variable signs in the Pittsburgh area (here (https://goo.gl/maps/FBhZijEw9KF2) and here (https://goo.gl/maps/Byx736o4G7E2)), but none of the past Street View captures have them showing anything different (just older versions of the signs if there were any). What do these two signs ever change to?
The one on I-376 is for when the 'bathtub' floods and they have to close the road and direct traffic off at that interchange.
As for the one on the Liberty Bridge, no idea on that one to be honest. Might be a different message for the 'morning' Rush Hour.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 30, 2017, 11:24:27 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on December 30, 2017, 09:38:17 PM
I noticed two permanent partially variable signs in the Pittsburgh area (here (https://goo.gl/maps/FBhZijEw9KF2) and here (https://goo.gl/maps/Byx736o4G7E2)), but none of the past Street View captures have them showing anything different (just older versions of the signs if there were any). What do these two signs ever change to?
The one on I-376 is for when the 'bathtub' floods and they have to close the road and direct traffic off at that interchange.
As for the one on the Liberty Bridge, no idea on that one to be honest. Might be a different message for the 'morning' Rush Hour.
The Parkway East inbound signs replaced an older rotating message sign. In 2010, Ed Szuba sent me a photo of the sign when it was in use.
http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2010/01/flooding-causes-rare-i-376-message-sign.html
I want to say the sign changes during the afternoon rush hour since it is only a one lane inbound configuration on the Liberty Bridge. It's been a long time since i've been through there at that time - maybe yourself or someone in the area can check it out sometime.
I went back through the Street View for the Liberty Bridge one. If the new sign (which is in Clearview and includes To I-279/PA 28 on the right) is anything like the old, it simply switches to blank (https://goo.gl/maps/iQVh9YmJbck) when it's three lanes out. However, in 2011, both captures from that year had the lower section read Exit Only (https://goo.gl/maps/5T9nmJemAdP2) when it's two lanes each way, something it hasn't done in any subsequent captures. Maybe it's just broken and nobody's noticed. This does mean that they at least used to consider the apparent straight on as an exit, and the ramp to 579 as the through movement.
I also posted this in the Pennsylvania thread in Northeast.
PennDOT has banned trucks on almost all Interstates and some other freeways in preparation for the upcoming winter storm:
https://www.penndot.gov/Pages/AlertDetails.aspx (https://www.penndot.gov/Pages/AlertDetails.aspx)
The affected non-Interstates on the map are US 22 from I-78 to the NJ state line and the entire length of PA 33. Notably, I-95 and I-295 seem to be excluded.
I originally posted this in the Clearview thread, but it applies here as well:
Bad news (for most of us at least): I just spoke with the PennDOT District 8 senior project manager about signage on the I-83 East Shore Section 1 project and he confirmed that PennDOT has returned to Clearview, this project included. I have no idea about the Turnpike Commission.
Friday was a good day for us old-time (can't believe we're now that but I've known Jeff for over 20 years) SWPA Roadgeeks
I was a contributor to a feature on Allegheny River Boulevard that was broadcast on WESA-FM this morning:
https://www.wesa.fm/post/when-driving-pittsburgh-s-major-roadways-was-experience-complete-picnic-stops
and Jeff Kitsko's PA Highways webpage on the Allegheny County Belt Route System was mentioned in the Post-Gazette (even though the writer thought his page was the official Allegheny County page!)
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhood/2019/02/27/Allegheny-Count-belt-system-rainbow-city-wayfinder-Neighborhood/stories/201902270131
Quote from: CanesFan27 on March 01, 2019, 10:42:25 PM
Friday was a good day for us old-time (can't believe we're now that but I've known Jeff for over 20 years) SWPA Roadgeeks
It's hard for me to believe my website is older than a good number of roadgeeks, but that's expected as a proud member of the "Old Guard."
Quote from: CanesFan27 on March 01, 2019, 10:42:25 PMI was a contributor to a feature on Allegheny River Boulevard that was broadcast on WESA-FM this morning:
https://www.wesa.fm/post/when-driving-pittsburgh-s-major-roadways-was-experience-complete-picnic-stops
Congrats! Katie seems to be stuck on a road theme as she's the one who interviewed me about the Crosstown/Bigelow missing ramps last April.
Quote from: CanesFan27 on March 01, 2019, 10:42:25 PMand Jeff Kitsko's PA Highways webpage on the Allegheny County Belt Route System was mentioned in the Post-Gazette (even though the writer thought his page was the official Allegheny County page!)
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhood/2019/02/27/Allegheny-Count-belt-system-rainbow-city-wayfinder-Neighborhood/stories/201902270131
Before I clicked the link, I thought Allegheny County DPW had finally created a page about the belt system.
A project to reconstruct PA 519 between I-79 and US 19 was just posted to ECMS (project 57201). Interestingly, the control city signage at I-79 is still specified to be Highway Gothic. Supposedly it'll go to construction in late April and be completed in late 2021, so I guess we'll see if it's just another Highway Gothic project in the pipeline or if it'll get changed to Clearview for construction.
(https://i.imgur.com/XOQGyMP.png)
(https://wvhistoryonview.org/image/033161.jpg)
I-70 at Claysville, PA but this may be the Dallas Pike interchange (Exit 11), the eastmost exit in West Virginia. (source (https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/033161))
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(https://wvhistoryonview.org/image/033158.jpg)
(https://wvhistoryonview.org/image/033157.jpg)
The above two are the temporary I-70 connections to US 40 west of Claysville, PA. You can see the tie-in via Historic Aerials (https://www.historicaerials.com/location/40.1093911410227/-80.49553871154785/T1966/15) and the same location on Google Maps (https://goo.gl/maps/38jyziGnVqh2iFZR7). Looking at the aerials further, it looks like a good portion of I-70 in western PA was built as a relocated US 40, with one of the carriageways reused as part of I-70. (source (https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/033157) and source (https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/033158))
Sherman that is a great find and a very rare glimpse of how PA transitioned a temporary interstate end.
Now only if we could find some I-70S items
Could it happen? Study into Route 28 expressway expansion to I-80 gets funding (https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/money-available-to-study-extending-the-route-28-expressway-to-interstate-80/)
To answer the question in the headline: No. (actual construction - the study is apparently happening)
Even in the article it says "They have received $250,000 from PennDOT to identify a list of short-, medium- and long-term projects." - it sounds like this study is a lot more general than the article would have you believe.
Maybe a by-pass (probably 2 lanes) around New Bethlehem could get built at some point, but that's about as big a project as I'd predict.
Seicer, I like the nostalgic feel of those bottom two pics (the station wagon, U.S. highway cutout shields, interstate shields with the route name).
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It's late in the AM drive on 5/16/19, and I-279 is closed both ways from PNC Park up past McKnight Rd. Is a major reconstruction going on?
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If you are referring to the HOV lanes, those will be closed through mid-June for construction: https://www.wtae.com/article/long-term-closure-of-hov-lanes-now-in-effect/27013822
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I was in the Pittsburgh area this last week, and I noticed one thing I couldn't figure out. Our hotel was in Cranberry Township, and on some of the surrounding roads there were white lines painted across the road at odd intervals. Sometimes they were near intersections (first example, NB US-19), and sometime they appeared on either side of a driveway entrance (second example, again US-19, on both sides). What are these used for?
https://goo.gl/maps/sEwRxq8tRdtbCqhc6
https://goo.gl/maps/fgAMfm6gXB1fCGbJA
VASCAR lines for local cops to determine if you are speeding by timing you between lines with a stop watch. Only PSP is allowed to use radar
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Quote from: PAHighways on June 16, 2019, 07:44:59 PM
VASCAR lines for local cops to determine if you are speeding by timing you between lines with a stop watch. Only PSP is allowed to use radar
SM-G965U
Thank you. Didn't know about the radar restrictions.
Quote from: catch22 on June 16, 2019, 07:58:10 PM
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VASCAR lines for local cops to determine if you are speeding by timing you between lines with a stop watch. Only PSP is allowed to use radar
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Thank you. Didn't know about the radar restrictions.
Quite frankly, I hope that never changes. The last thing Pennsylvania needs is a bunch of shithole boroughs that just happened to win the highway lottery balancing their annual budget with radar guns.
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VASCAR lines for local cops to determine if you are speeding by timing you between lines with a stop watch. Only PSP is allowed to use radar
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Thank you. Didn't know about the radar restrictions.
Quite frankly, I hope that never changes. The last thing Pennsylvania needs is a bunch of shithole boroughs that just happened to win the highway lottery balancing their annual budget with radar guns.
Speaking of never changing...
https://6abc.com/politics/pa-considers-letting-local-police-use-radar-to-catch-speeders/5367487/
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Quote from: PAHighways on June 16, 2019, 07:44:59 PM
VASCAR lines for local cops to determine if you are speeding by timing you between lines with a stop watch. Only PSP is allowed to use radar
SM-G965U
Thank you. Didn't know about the radar restrictions.
Quite frankly, I hope that never changes. The last thing Pennsylvania needs is a bunch of shithole boroughs that just happened to win the highway lottery balancing their annual budget with radar guns.
Speaking of never changing...
https://6abc.com/politics/pa-considers-letting-local-police-use-radar-to-catch-speeders/5367487/
According to the report, the vote was 49 to 1 in favor of radar use. Wow.
Even though PennDOT switched back to Clearview, they just replaced a guide sign on PA 791 (Rodi Rd, Penn Hills) and it uses Highway Gothic. Interestingly, PennDOT just replaced a guide sign nearby on SR 2058 (Leechburg Rd, Penn Hills) a few weeks back and it used Clearview.
Quote from: tylert120 on July 14, 2019, 07:33:32 AM
Even though PennDOT switched back to Clearview, they just replaced a guide sign on PA 791 (Rodi Rd, Penn Hills) and it uses Highway Gothic. Interestingly, PennDOT just replaced a guide sign nearby on SR 2058 (Leechburg Rd, Penn Hills) a few weeks back and it used Clearview.
Huh. I wonder if the project for that sign was sitting in the pipeline for a while or if there's a bit more to it. Just a few weeks ago, I checked ECMS and saw that one of the most recently posted projects (last two weeks) was the adding of a roundabout at the end of the Shenango Valley Freeway in Hermitage. The large roundabout guide signs (typical style with the circle and branching arrows) had mixed-case Highway Gothic for the mall entrance. Whether those signs are fabricated that way once the project starts is another story...
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Quote from: tylert120 on July 14, 2019, 07:33:32 AM
Even though PennDOT switched back to Clearview, they just replaced a guide sign on PA 791 (Rodi Rd, Penn Hills) and it uses Highway Gothic. Interestingly, PennDOT just replaced a guide sign nearby on SR 2058 (Leechburg Rd, Penn Hills) a few weeks back and it used Clearview.
Huh. I wonder if the project for that sign was sitting in the pipeline for a while or if there's a bit more to it. Just a few weeks ago, I checked ECMS and saw that one of the most recently posted projects (last two weeks) was the adding of a roundabout at the end of the Shenango Valley Freeway in Hermitage. The large roundabout guide signs (typical style with the circle and branching arrows) had mixed-case Highway Gothic for the mall entrance. Whether those signs are fabricated that way once the project starts is another story...
See that would make sense. But the sign they replaced that used Highway Gothic was just replacing an old guide sign that was recently damaged.
How do you get into ECMS? I've tried as a guest but you can't see anything. Thanks!
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Quote from: Roadsguy on July 14, 2019, 08:09:48 AM
Quote from: tylert120 on July 14, 2019, 07:33:32 AM
Even though PennDOT switched back to Clearview, they just replaced a guide sign on PA 791 (Rodi Rd, Penn Hills) and it uses Highway Gothic. Interestingly, PennDOT just replaced a guide sign nearby on SR 2058 (Leechburg Rd, Penn Hills) a few weeks back and it used Clearview.
Huh. I wonder if the project for that sign was sitting in the pipeline for a while or if there's a bit more to it. Just a few weeks ago, I checked ECMS and saw that one of the most recently posted projects (last two weeks) was the adding of a roundabout at the end of the Shenango Valley Freeway in Hermitage. The large roundabout guide signs (typical style with the circle and branching arrows) had mixed-case Highway Gothic for the mall entrance. Whether those signs are fabricated that way once the project starts is another story...
See that would make sense. But the sign they replaced that used Highway Gothic was just replacing an old guide sign that was recently damaged.
How do you get into ECMS? I've tried as a guest but you can't see anything. Thanks!
You log in as a guest, but then go to Solicitation > Contractors > Bid Packages. Here you can use Advanced Search to search based on various criteria such as district, route number, etc., or use New Postings to view everything from the past two weeks.
PennDOT, you had one job, don't confuse people.
https://goo.gl/maps/pUqykuMteJ6tg1P6A
NOTE: it was correct before there, just go back in time on StreetView.
^ Those signs are a bit redundant when there's already an advance lane use sign mast arm on that leg anyway.
Something I haven't seen anyone mention but just spotted in satellite imagery: the stub section of the Industrial Highway in western Pittsburgh was recently reconstructed (https://goo.gl/maps/PrVR6Hq5s6XabQya8). A PennDOT press release (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1708) indicates that it's been almost three years since this was done. What makes this interesting is that rather than simply repave the road and remove stubs, the entire thing was modernized as if it were completed. Almost all of the medians were replaced, and they replaced concrete at both ends of the road, including the whole southern stub, and the road remains two lanes each way.
This makes me think they might still be considering extending the road. It seems bizarre that in the age of road diets, they neither completely removed the stubs nor reduced the width of the road.
Not often do you hear or read about state DOT's selling the land that they acquired for a freeway back to the general public. But in 1982, that happened in White Oak, Pennsylvania - a community just outside of Pittsburgh.
15 years earlier PennDOT acquired over 130 parcels of property - including a beloved amusement park - consisting of over 400 acres to build about a two-mile stretch of a new PA 48 expressway. Problem was the 1970s happened and PennDOT did not have the funds to construct the highway.
The Borough of White Oak wanted the highway built but was suffering the loss of tax revenue as a result of the right-of-way purchases. They asked the state to sell back the land and finally, in 1982, Pennsylvania began that process.
Some of the land was sold back to the original owners - some it went to auction - and some including the old Rainbow Gardens property took nearly a decade to sell.
The Great PA 48 Clearance Sale.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/12/the-great-pa-48-clearance-sale.html
Quote from: CanesFan27 on December 27, 2020, 08:44:43 PM
Not often do you hear or read about state DOT's selling the land that they acquired for a freeway back to the general public. But in 1982, that happened in White Oak, Pennsylvania - a community just outside of Pittsburgh.
15 years earlier PennDOT acquired over 130 parcels of property - including a beloved amusement park - consisting of over 400 acres to build about a two-mile stretch of a new PA 48 expressway. Problem was the 1970s happened and PennDOT did not have the funds to construct the highway.
The Borough of White Oak wanted the highway built but was suffering the loss of tax revenue as a result of the right-of-way purchases. They asked the state to sell back the land and finally, in 1982, Pennsylvania began that process.
Some of the land was sold back to the original owners - some it went to auction - and some including the old Rainbow Gardens property took nearly a decade to sell.
The Great PA 48 Clearance Sale.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/12/the-great-pa-48-clearance-sale.html
I lived in this area in the 70's & early 80's. Always wondered what was going on in that area. Thanks for the post and the info.
Jeff Kitsko shared this with me the other day - but Bruce Cridlebaugh's pghbridges.com (Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County) appears to be no more.
Bruce along with his site was one of my early influences within the hobby. His field research and his eagerness to tell some of the backstories on so many things during 1997-02 made SW Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh an early model in roadgeeking.
Bruce personally along with his site was a great help on some of my early SWPA Roads Projects items - something that after two decades and while still in North Carolina, I am slowly trying to recharge.
I hope he is doing well and his work will surely be missed.
I don't think much of his site had been updated in 3 years, but it is still accessible at http://pghbridges.com/
Quote from: seicer on April 02, 2021, 08:32:19 PM
I don't think much of his site had been updated in 3 years, but it is still accessible at http://pghbridges.com/
Yup, Bruce accidentally let it expire. I've been in communication with him since his site returned online.
Earlier this month, I took a trip home to Pittsburgh and ended up driving the entire length of the Orange Belt. (On a personal note, I grew up on the Orange Belt so it's always been a part of my life). During this 90+ mile, three and half hour drive, I found myself appreciating this uniquely Pittsburgh institution, yet at the same time questioning the current-day usefulness of the system.
My feature on the Orange Belt: https://www.gribblenation.org/2021/04/one-long-drive-allegheny-countys-orange.html
Hopefully, future trips home (without kids/family) will allow me to drive the full lengths of the other belt routes.
Duquesne - McKeesport Bridge was just possibly hit by a barge this morning. Closed till they can do an inspection.
https://twitter.com/WPXITraffic/status/1390227674862395401
PennDOT - District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes to Reopen to Northbound Traffic Friday in Pittsburgh and Ross (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5143) (for I-279)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Kenmawr Bridge to Open Today in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5207)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 23, 2021, 10:13:58 AM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
It's a permanent closure of this particular ramp. In the future, traffic will turn left and merge onto the current southbound ramp to the Highland Park Bridge.
This change makes some sense. The current ramp has no merge area and ends at a stop sign, whereas the other ramp is an add lane. This should smooth flow getting on to the bridge itself.
Quote from: Bitmapped on July 23, 2021, 03:14:41 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 23, 2021, 10:13:58 AM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
It's a permanent closure of this particular ramp. In the future, traffic will turn left and merge onto the current southbound ramp to the Highland Park Bridge.
More on this:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/23/freeport-road-highland-park-bridge-ramp-closure/
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Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 23, 2021, 10:13:58 AM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
It's a permanent closure of this particular ramp. In the future, traffic will turn left and merge onto the current southbound ramp to the Highland Park Bridge.
More on this:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/23/freeport-road-highland-park-bridge-ramp-closure/
And some more:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/penndot-closing-ramp-from-freeport-rd-to-highland-park-bridge/
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Banksville Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Open House Thursday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5267)
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Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 23, 2021, 10:13:58 AM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
It's a permanent closure of this particular ramp. In the future, traffic will turn left and merge onto the current southbound ramp to the Highland Park Bridge.
More on this:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/23/freeport-road-highland-park-bridge-ramp-closure/
And some more:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/penndot-closing-ramp-from-freeport-rd-to-highland-park-bridge/
And now PennDOT is reversing themselves and reopening the ramp @ 9AM this morning (08/02) till November when the replacement left turn movement to access the SB Freeport Road ramp onto the Highland Park Bridge is opened. However, truck traffic will now be banned from using the ramp till the new one is open.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/08/02/penndot-to-reopen-northbound-ramp-to-highland-park-bridge/
PennDOT-District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes to Reopen to Bi-directional Traffic Wednesday Morning in Pittsburgh and Ross (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5287) (For I-279)
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PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Banksville Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Open House Thursday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5267)
I viewed the proposed design, I wonder how they will get any hazmat/oversize that overshot the exit off the highway.
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PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Banksville Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Open House Thursday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5267)
I viewed the proposed design, I wonder how they will get any hazmat/oversize that overshot the exit off the highway.
They might have to move the overheight detectors further uphill. Same with hazmat signage.
The concern I have is more of runaway trucks using the ramp instead of the escape ramp, since they are so close.
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 24, 2021, 09:27:38 AM
I viewed the proposed design, I wonder how they will get any hazmat/oversize that overshot the exit off the highway.
They'll probably just turn them around at the base of the tunnels. That's what they started doing with the inbound Squirrel Hill tunnel. They used to try and direct traffic off @ Edgewood / Swissvale with detectors and lights, but they shifted that a few years ago to the tunnel plaza. What sucks about making that standard operating procedure is it requires that traffic be stopped while the over-height vehicle turns around.
(Outbound [EB] over-height traffic is directed to get off @ Squirrel Hill when the lights are flashing)
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The concern I have is more of runaway trucks using the ramp instead of the escape ramp, since they are so close.
I've always kind of wondered how much use that runaway truck ramp gets.
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The concern I have is more of runaway trucks using the ramp instead of the escape ramp, since they are so close.
I've always kind of wondered how much use that runaway truck ramp gets.
Enough to be justified I'm sure. It's almost always not needed during Rush Hour though, due to traffic going at a snails pace already due to the weave condition at the bottom of the hill.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 26, 2021, 08:29:53 PM
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Banksville Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Open House Thursday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5267)
Watching the video, I hope somebody pointed out the following to them in the animation that might still cause a lot of trouble.
They show Banksville Road merging onto I-376 with 2 lanes and with the 2 lanes from I-376, merging into only 3 lanes. That will be a nightmare trying to force 2 lanes of traffic into one lane (the right lane on I-376 & the left lane on the ramp from Banksville to form a 'middle' lane). They really need to turn Banksville into a single lane by the time of the merge onto I-376.
So in catching, I see the comments about the Banksville changes, but it seems for years there were planned changes to Greentree (and maybe Carnegie?) - what happened to those interchange/ramp changes. It's really appalling that Greentree has the most asinine and unsafe ramps imaginable.
In reference to the Banksville Interchange, you know how the highway runs under two adjacent railroad bridges, one taller and one shorter? Surprisingly, the shorter bridge is still present in the "after" video, even though it looks like the tracks across it haven't been used in a long time (and another bridge that took them over Route 51 along the river was removed sometime within the last 10 years). You'd think having those abutments out of the way would make for a wider roadway.
Quote from: lepidopteran on October 18, 2021, 11:13:03 PM
In reference to the Banksville Interchange, you know how the highway runs under two adjacent railroad bridges, one taller and one shorter? Surprisingly, the shorter bridge is still present in the "after" video, even though it looks like the tracks across it haven't been used in a long time (and another bridge that took them over Route 51 along the river was removed sometime within the last 10 years). You'd think having those abutments out of the way would make for a wider roadway.
The lower bridge is the former W&LE West End Branch. It's been out of service for about a decade, and I believe it is now officially abandoned. The upper bridge is still in-service.
Removing the median pier from the low bridge doesn't buy you anything because you still have the piers from the high bridge. Removing the right abutment doesn't really get you anything, either, because there is a large retaining wall right in front of it that supports a pier for the high bridge. To move that retaining wall back appreciably (or at all?) you'd have to rebuilt large parts of the high railroad bridge. The land behind the bridge abutments also appears to be park, which adds another level of challenge to this.
Basically, unless you're willing to drop a lot of extra money, you're basically stuck with what you've got.
In I-70 news, I found out this morning that the I-70/PA 31 conversion from a cloverleaf interchange to a diamond interchange and the reconstruction of I-70 is substantially complete.
According to the project website (https://www.i-70projects.com/projects/i-70-and-sr-31-interchange-improvement-project), the plan also reconstructed the surrounding section of I-70, which included increasing the radius of two curves.
One thing the map does not indicate are traffic signals at the new diamond ramps. That in itself says something about how overbuilt the full cloverleaf was.
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Quote from: lepidopteran on October 18, 2021, 11:13:03 PM
In reference to the Banksville Interchange, you know how the highway runs under two adjacent railroad bridges, one taller and one shorter? Surprisingly, the shorter bridge is still present in the "after" video, even though it looks like the tracks across it haven't been used in a long time (and another bridge that took them over Route 51 along the river was removed sometime within the last 10 years). You'd think having those abutments out of the way would make for a wider roadway.
The lower bridge is the former W&LE West End Branch. It's been out of service for about a decade, and I believe it is now officially abandoned. The upper bridge is still in-service.
Removing the median pier from the low bridge doesn't buy you anything because you still have the piers from the high bridge. Removing the right abutment doesn't really get you anything, either, because there is a large retaining wall right in front of it that supports a pier for the high bridge. To move that retaining wall back appreciably (or at all?) you'd have to rebuilt large parts of the high railroad bridge. The land behind the bridge abutments also appears to be park, which adds another level of challenge to this.
Basically, unless you're willing to drop a lot of extra money, you're basically stuck with what you've got.
I thought I saw where one of the bridges was a historical landmark.
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Traffic Shift Wednesday Night in O'Hara Township (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5510)
When driving I-376 recently, I noticed that some signs were calling the I-376 BL a BS (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4646337,-80.1949097,3a,15y,342.96h,102.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szND-pgajJjHiNU3XDDDpOw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) (so some signs show it as a Business Spur instead of a Business Loop). I emailed District 11 today, and I received clarification that it is still a business loop so I guess those signs are an error.
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PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Permanent Closure Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5260)
I am not sure if it is truly a permanent closure based on the news release.
It's a permanent closure of this particular ramp. In the future, traffic will turn left and merge onto the current southbound ramp to the Highland Park Bridge.
More on this:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/23/freeport-road-highland-park-bridge-ramp-closure/
And some more:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/penndot-closing-ramp-from-freeport-rd-to-highland-park-bridge/
PennDOT - District 11 News: Freeport Road Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Reopening Today in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5566)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for the Interstate 70 at Arnold City Interchange Improvement Project (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1670)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
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(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
Surprised they're redoing this interchange again. Didn't they just eliminate some of the cloverleaf ramps?
Quote from: MASTERNC on December 07, 2021, 01:07:06 PM
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(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
Surprised they're redoing this interchange again. Didn't they just eliminate some of the cloverleaf ramps?
The I-376 Interstate Guide Page (https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-376-pa/) indicates that this was part of the conversion of PA 60 to I-376 back in 2009-2010.
QuoteThe Route 22/30/60 project ran through November 2010, with loop ramps removed from PA 60 west to I-376.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 07, 2021, 02:48:02 PM
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(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
Surprised they're redoing this interchange again. Didn't they just eliminate some of the cloverleaf ramps?
The I-376 Interstate Guide Page (https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-376-pa/) indicates that this was part of the conversion of PA 60 to I-376 back in 2009-2010.
QuoteThe Route 22/30/60 project ran through November 2010, with loop ramps removed from PA 60 west to I-376.
It was an upgrade on the cheap. They reused the existing (original) overpass bridge basically as-is, and dropped two loop ramps to eliminate weaving in the interchange along I-376. There are still a lot of weave issues between this interchange and the Summit Park Drive one just north.
This is an area where making a couple new connections with adjoining roads could take a lot of traffic load off this interchange and the next one up I-376. Connecting the two parts of Montour Church Road just to the west, to allow access to shopping from US 22, would help. Realigning Campbells Run Road to meet PA 60 at Robinson Center Drive and/or extending Robinson Center Drive to a new I-376 partial interchange would also help.
I hope there is consideration at improving access with adjoining roads to allow traffic to bypass this interchange. Connected the two halves of Montour Church Road would allow
traffic to/from the west going to the shopping district to stay off I-376.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 07, 2021, 11:17:15 AM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
The plan at the moment is to convert this interchange into a DDI including a connection from I-376 WB to PA 60 SB.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 08, 2021, 05:37:37 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 07, 2021, 11:17:15 AM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
The plan at the moment is to convert this interchange into a DDI including a connection from I-376 WB to PA 60 SB.
Yep; just attended the public meeting. It's too bad 22/30 won't be given two-lane, high-speed movements, but of course PennDOT doesn't exactly have a bottomless well of funds right now...
PennDOT - District 11 News: Wolf Administration Announces 2021 Pittsburgh Region Construction Season Wrap-up (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5591)
Growing up in the 80s, I vividly remember being curious about the Twin Rivers Scenic Road signs that had popped up along PA 48 and other roads near where I grew up. It was probably the first signed "touring route" I wanted to follow. But I grew up - wanted to discover new things - and then moved to North Carolina. About 22 years ago, a group of us tried to figure out where and what the Twin Rivers Scenic Road went and was, but we never got around to it. Fast forward to this past fall and a photo and a question in a Facebook Group had me blow off the dust and dive in the deep reservoirs of roadgeek information to try and figure out this road. Spoiler Alert: I still don't exactly know.
The Twin Rivers Scenic Road - A Mon Valley Mystery is up on the blog:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2022/01/twin-rivers-scenic-road-mon-valley.html
Plus, when was the last time you saw an article reference misc.transport.road as a source of information.
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 Ramp to Southbound I-79 Pattern Change Begins Next Week in Glenfield (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5611)
(For PA 228) PennDOT - District 10 News: Travel Alert for The Ball's Bend Safety Improvement Project on Route 228 Middlesex Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-10/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1156)
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(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 Ramp to Southbound I-79 Pattern Change Begins Next Week in Glenfield (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5611)
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 On-ramps to Southbound I-79 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5627)
(For PA 51 and I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 51 Emergency Repairs Begin Monday in Rostraver Township (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1695)
PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 2027 (Maple Drive) over I-70 at Speers Interchange-Bridge Replacement Project in Washington County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1705)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 18 Frankfort Road Bridge Replacement Online Public Meeting Wednesday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5635)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Lane Restrictions Begin Monday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5637)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Daylight Restrictions Begin Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5642)
(Also for PA 201) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Updated Virtual Plans Display for Route 3007 (Fayette Street) over Interstate 70 Bridge Replacement Project in Westmoreland County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1712)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 18, 2022, 07:44:21 AM
(Also for PA 201) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Updated Virtual Plans Display for Route 3007 (Fayette Street) over Interstate 70 Bridge Replacement Project in Westmoreland County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1712)
I'm surprised they are just raising the existing PA 201 bridge rather than replacing it. It's an original through girder structure. Maybe this is a temporary project until they do a larger rehab in this section?
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Scheduled to Close Due to Expected Flooding in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5649)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-279 Parkway North Ramp to Eastbound I-376 Parkway East Scheduled to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5652)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Scheduled to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5651)
Quote from: Bitmapped on February 18, 2022, 12:12:54 PM
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(Also for PA 201) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Updated Virtual Plans Display for Route 3007 (Fayette Street) over Interstate 70 Bridge Replacement Project in Westmoreland County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1712)
I'm surprised they are just raising the existing PA 201 bridge rather than replacing it. It's an original through girder structure. Maybe this is a temporary project until they do a larger rehab in this section?
Bridge has a fresh coat of paint, so I imagine PennDOT has a good idea of its condition. Main span support at 4 discrete points, so I imagine it'll be pretty simple to "slip in some shims" so to speak. If they rebuilt the whole thing, they'd probably have to widen the shoulders and reconfigure the ramps. And figure out how to access the handful of properties along Greenhill Rd.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 18, 2022, 06:54:19 PM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-279 Parkway North Ramp to Eastbound I-376 Parkway East Scheduled to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5652)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Scheduled to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5651)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Bathtub Area Reopened (https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5658)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Reopens in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5659)
I've looked at some of the reconstructed segments of I-70 south of Pittsburgh, and they're a major upgrade from what the highway used to be.
Quote from: Gnutella on February 27, 2022, 06:12:45 AM
I've looked at some of the reconstructed segments of I-70 south of Pittsburgh, and they're a major upgrade from what the highway used to be.
Yeah. They've made a lot of changes these last 10 years. One thing I noticed was they fixed those short ramp merges on the interchanges.
Here's the PennDOT site for those projects: https://www.i-70projects.com/
Clearly the major priority of where the money has gone has been to ramp/interchange reconstructions and improvements. (Still quite a few left to do)
I also agree the completed portions, while still in a pretty narrow footprint, are a major upgrade.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on February 28, 2022, 04:32:27 PM
Clearly the major priority of where the money has gone has been to ramp/interchange reconstructions and improvements. (Still quite a few left to do)
I also agree the completed portions, while still in a pretty narrow footprint, are a major upgrade.
Yes, I've been on some of them, and while it would have been better if they had widened it to six lanes with full shoulders, it's still much better than the untouched sections. The narrow inside shoulder is about as wide as the unreconstructed Turnpike sections, and all the overpasses are being built long enough (and even some mainline bridges wide enough) to allow for a third lane. I wonder if there were right-of-way constraints that made them choose between a wider inside shoulder or a future third lane?
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Crossover Begins this Weekend in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5672)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1721)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Off-ramps to Freeport Road Reconstruction Begins Tuesday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5674)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.
Quote from: MASTERNC on March 05, 2022, 03:45:35 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 02, 2022, 02:43:01 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1723)
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Quote from: MASTERNC on March 05, 2022, 03:45:35 PM
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(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1723)
(For I-70, another schedule change) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1724)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Yukon/Madison Interchange Construction Restart (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1726)
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Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 09, 2022, 03:38:30 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on March 05, 2022, 03:45:35 PM
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(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions Anticipated Next Week for Emergency (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1720)
I think that this is all within the I-70/PA 51 interchange.
Crazy that they make you go 4 miles out of the way instead of letting people make left turns to turn around, but I get that might create a mess.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1723)
(For I-70, another schedule change) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE CHANGE: Interstate 70 Closures and Restrictions for Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1724)
(For I-70 and PA 51) PennDOT - District 12 News: SCHEDULE UPDATE: Route 51 Emergency Repairs (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1729)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Bennetts Run Road Slide Repair Starts Monday in North Sewickley Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5684)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Crossover Begins Thursday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5689)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Wolf Administration Highlights 2022 Pittsburgh Region Construction Season, Highlights Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5691)
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 65 On-Ramp from Kilbuck Street Closure Begins Wednesday in Glenfield (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5705)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Route 28 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Aspinwall (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5708)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 Road Closure (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1732)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Crossover Begins this Weekend in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5714)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 West Seventh Avenue/West Eighth Avenue Improvements Begin Monday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5718)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Wolf Administration Previews Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Impact in Southwest Region 2022 Construction Season (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1733)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1734)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 Seventh Avenue/ West Eighth Avenue Project Crossover Begins Monday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5731)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 31, 2022, 02:16:20 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1734)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: REMINDER: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1740)
(For PA 88) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 88 Closed Due to a Landslide (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1745)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Long-term Closure Begins April 13 in Beaver County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5735)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Daylight Lane Restrictions Begin Next Week in O'Hara (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5736)
(For PA 151) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 151 Bocktown Road Slide Remediation, Wall Repairs Start Monday in Hopewell (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5739)
(For PA 18 and I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Northbound Route 18 Jefferson Avenue Lane Closure (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1746)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 10, 2022, 05:57:42 PM
(For PA 88) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 88 Closed Due to a Landslide (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1745)
(For PA 88) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 88 Reopens (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1747)
PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Virtual Plans Display for the Fourth Street Bridge Replacement Project in North Irwin Borough, Westmoreland County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1752)
(For PA 21 and PA 166) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Restrictions (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1753)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Daylight Single-Lane Restrictions Extended Next Week in O'Hara (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5745)
Seems that there are going to be adding traffic lights to the 'middle' of the Highland Park Bridge connector here in Pittsburgh. That will be weird for sure.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/03/27/highland-park-bridge-route-28-penndot-ramp-closure-traffic-disruptions/stories/202203250107
QuoteThe project also will change the configuration of traffic entering the bridge to eliminate a dangerous merge for northbound traffic. And traffic signals will be installed where Freeport Road traffic merges onto the bridge to head south and on Freeport Road at the ramp just past Western Avenue in Aspinwall that takes traffic to a merge point on the bridge and then onto Route 28.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 17, 2022, 10:45:20 PM
Seems that there are going to be adding traffic lights to the 'middle' of the Highland Park Bridge connector here in Pittsburgh. That will be weird for sure.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/03/27/highland-park-bridge-route-28-penndot-ramp-closure-traffic-disruptions/stories/202203250107
QuoteThe project also will change the configuration of traffic entering the bridge to eliminate a dangerous merge for northbound traffic. And traffic signals will be installed where Freeport Road traffic merges onto the bridge to head south and on Freeport Road at the ramp just past Western Avenue in Aspinwall that takes traffic to a merge point on the bridge and then onto Route 28.
Well that ends any slim chance to convince me to add the Highland Park Bridge to usasf in Travel Mapping.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 17, 2022, 11:07:11 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 17, 2022, 10:45:20 PM
Seems that there are going to be adding traffic lights to the 'middle' of the Highland Park Bridge connector here in Pittsburgh. That will be weird for sure.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/03/27/highland-park-bridge-route-28-penndot-ramp-closure-traffic-disruptions/stories/202203250107
QuoteThe project also will change the configuration of traffic entering the bridge to eliminate a dangerous merge for northbound traffic. And traffic signals will be installed where Freeport Road traffic merges onto the bridge to head south and on Freeport Road at the ramp just past Western Avenue in Aspinwall that takes traffic to a merge point on the bridge and then onto Route 28.
Well that ends any slim chance to convince me to add the Highland Park Bridge to usasf in Travel Mapping.
Yep, here's the proof:
https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/28_HPI_Roll_Plot_Mar20-Final%20Design%20(1).pdf
From: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/ConstructionsProjectsAndRoadwork/AlleghenyCountyConstruction/Pages/HighlandParkInterchangeProject.aspx
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 East Carson Street Work Continues in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5747)
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 18, 2022, 02:49:49 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 17, 2022, 11:07:11 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 17, 2022, 10:45:20 PM
Seems that there are going to be adding traffic lights to the 'middle' of the Highland Park Bridge connector here in Pittsburgh. That will be weird for sure.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/03/27/highland-park-bridge-route-28-penndot-ramp-closure-traffic-disruptions/stories/202203250107
QuoteThe project also will change the configuration of traffic entering the bridge to eliminate a dangerous merge for northbound traffic. And traffic signals will be installed where Freeport Road traffic merges onto the bridge to head south and on Freeport Road at the ramp just past Western Avenue in Aspinwall that takes traffic to a merge point on the bridge and then onto Route 28.
Well that ends any slim chance to convince me to add the Highland Park Bridge to usasf in Travel Mapping.
Yep, here's the proof:
https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/28_HPI_Roll_Plot_Mar20-Final%20Design%20(1).pdf
From: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/ConstructionsProjectsAndRoadwork/AlleghenyCountyConstruction/Pages/HighlandParkInterchangeProject.aspx
There is a short weave right of only about 200 feet right now now approaching PA 28. Short of relocating ramps, which would be difficult, this is really the only way to eliminate the weave. Traffic can queue up in the correct lane at the signal and then go when the 2-phase signal cycles back and forth. The delay should be pretty minimal.
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Short-term Traffic Stoppages Start Wednesday in Glenfield, Aleppo (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5749)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 2114 McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge Weekend Closure April 22-25 (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5751)
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 21, 2022, 04:16:18 PM
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Just curious about the "Route 3160" designation, as I've never seen or heard it referenced before anywhere.
Is it fairly recent? And what is the purpose? Is the 3160 a state, county, or township route number? Is it signed as both 3160/Bus. Loop 376? And does the dual designation cause any confusion?
Quote from: coldshoulder on April 22, 2022, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 21, 2022, 04:16:18 PM
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Just curious about the "Route 3160" designation, as I've never seen or heard it referenced before anywhere.
Is it fairly recent? And what is the purpose? Is the 3160 a state, county, or township route number? Is it signed as both 3160/Bus. Loop 376? And does the dual designation cause any confusion?
In PA, secondary routes are given a 4-digit number. Each county is divided into 4 quadrants, and number is assigned according to the quadrant a given route is located in. These numbers are unique within a county, but they can repeat across the state.
In this case, "Route 3160" is the internal designation for BL-376. It is not signed like Interstates, US Routes, and State Routes are, but the number can be found on the "Little White Signs" commonplace throughout PA.
There are other 4-digit designations for relocated routes (such as the old US 6 in Lackawanna County), interchanges, rest areas, and even PA Turnpike routes.
Some background on the Location Referencing System: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/ResearchandTesting/RoadwayManagementandTesting/Documents/LOCATION%20REFERENCING%20SYSTEM.pdf
74/171FAN, did I get this right?
Quote from: Crown Victoria on April 22, 2022, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: coldshoulder on April 22, 2022, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 21, 2022, 04:16:18 PM
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Just curious about the "Route 3160" designation, as I've never seen or heard it referenced before anywhere.
Is it fairly recent? And what is the purpose? Is the 3160 a state, county, or township route number? Is it signed as both 3160/Bus. Loop 376? And does the dual designation cause any confusion?
In PA, secondary routes are given a 4-digit number. Each county is divided into 4 quadrants, and number is assigned according to the quadrant a given route is located in. These numbers are unique within a county, but they can repeat across the state.
In this case, "Route 3160" is the internal designation for BL-376. It is not signed like Interstates, US Routes, and State Routes are, but the number can be found on the "Little White Signs" commonplace throughout PA.
There are other 4-digit designations for relocated routes (such as the old US 6 in Lackawanna County), interchanges, rest areas, and even PA Turnpike routes.
Some background on the Location Referencing System: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/ResearchandTesting/RoadwayManagementandTesting/Documents/LOCATION%20REFERENCING%20SYSTEM.pdf
74/171FAN, did I get this right?
In fact, all state-owned routes are given a four digit number, with signed routes padded with leading zeroes (e.g., SR 0001, SR 0095, SR 0309). Often the leading zeroes are omitted, though, such as on the little white section markers.
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 22, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Quote from: Crown Victoria on April 22, 2022, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: coldshoulder on April 22, 2022, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 21, 2022, 04:16:18 PM
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Just curious about the "Route 3160" designation, as I've never seen or heard it referenced before anywhere.
Is it fairly recent? And what is the purpose? Is the 3160 a state, county, or township route number? Is it signed as both 3160/Bus. Loop 376? And does the dual designation cause any confusion?
In PA, secondary routes are given a 4-digit number. Each county is divided into 4 quadrants, and number is assigned according to the quadrant a given route is located in. These numbers are unique within a county, but they can repeat across the state.
In this case, "Route 3160" is the internal designation for BL-376. It is not signed like Interstates, US Routes, and State Routes are, but the number can be found on the "Little White Signs" commonplace throughout PA.
There are other 4-digit designations for relocated routes (such as the old US 6 in Lackawanna County), interchanges, rest areas, and even PA Turnpike routes.
Some background on the Location Referencing System: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/ResearchandTesting/RoadwayManagementandTesting/Documents/LOCATION%20REFERENCING%20SYSTEM.pdf
74/171FAN, did I get this right?
In fact, all state-owned routes are given a four digit number, with signed routes padded with leading zeroes (e.g., SR 0001, SR 0095, SR 0309). Often the leading zeroes are omitted, though, such as on the little white section markers.
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
There was probably already a SR 3060 in Allegheny County at the time PA 60 became Business PA 60, likely somewhere around North Fayette Township. The route number no longer exists but the next couple numbers before and after it do. It likely was a victim of a turnback to a township or to Allegheny County, which unusually for Pennsylvania, does maintain some roads on its own.
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 22, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Quote from: Crown Victoria on April 22, 2022, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: coldshoulder on April 22, 2022, 10:36:01 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 21, 2022, 04:16:18 PM
(For I-376 BL) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Long-term Single-lane Closures Begin Next Week in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5753)
Just curious about the "Route 3160" designation, as I've never seen or heard it referenced before anywhere.
Is it fairly recent? And what is the purpose? Is the 3160 a state, county, or township route number? Is it signed as both 3160/Bus. Loop 376? And does the dual designation cause any confusion?
In PA, secondary routes are given a 4-digit number. Each county is divided into 4 quadrants, and number is assigned according to the quadrant a given route is located in. These numbers are unique within a county, but they can repeat across the state.
In this case, "Route 3160" is the internal designation for BL-376. It is not signed like Interstates, US Routes, and State Routes are, but the number can be found on the "Little White Signs" commonplace throughout PA.
There are other 4-digit designations for relocated routes (such as the old US 6 in Lackawanna County), interchanges, rest areas, and even PA Turnpike routes.
Some background on the Location Referencing System: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/ResearchandTesting/RoadwayManagementandTesting/Documents/LOCATION%20REFERENCING%20SYSTEM.pdf
74/171FAN, did I get this right?
In fact, all state-owned routes are given a four digit number, with signed routes padded with leading zeroes (e.g., SR 0001, SR 0095, SR 0309). Often the leading zeroes are omitted, though, such as on the little white section markers.
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
Yeah, you basically got it right.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Closures Scheduled for Interstate 70 Yukon/Madison Ramps & Route 3037 Waltz Mill Road (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1764)
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 22, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
That's not necessarily true; business routes starting with a 3 or 6. There is no consistency. Some times they are just regular quadrant routes numbers. Other times the US route number is embedded.
US 1 Business - SR 2037 Bucks County
US 6 Business - SR 6006 Lackawanna County and SR 6006 Warren County
US 15 Business - SR 2005 Tioga County and SR 3001 Adams County
US 22 Business - SR 3002 Mifflin County and SR 2048 Allegheny County
US 30 Business - SR 3070 Chester County
US 40 Business - SR 2040 Fayette County
US 202 Business - SR 2202 in Montgomery County and SR 4202 in Bucks County
US 219 Business - SR 2047 Somerset County
US 220 Business - SR 4009 Bedford County, SR 1001 and SR 3013 Blair County
US 222 Business - SR 3222 and SR 2005 Berks County
US 322 Business - SR 2003 and SR 3072 in Chester County, SR 3014 Centre County
US 422 Business - combination of SR 3422, SR 2008, SR 2010, SR 2021, SR 2054 in Berks County, SR 4422 in Indiana County, SR 2004 and SR 4002 in Lawrence County
SR 6--- are supposed to be temporary numbers. Business PA 309 in Luzerne County has SR 6309.
Quote from: jemacedo9 on April 26, 2022, 08:57:07 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 22, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
That's not necessarily true; business routes starting with a 3 or 6. There is no consistency. Some times they are just regular quadrant routes numbers.
SR 6--- are supposed to be temporary numbers. Business PA 309 in Luzerne County has SR 6309.
I think the SR 3xxx cases are just that the routes happened to be in that quadrant of the county. Hence, the other Businesses cases with other quadrant route numbers. In some cases, it looks like PennDOT tried being cute by including the 3 digits of the traffic route part in the number.
US 6N being Erie SR 3006 seems like it is actually a coincidence with it fitting in where that number would be with the grid. PennDOT numbers even SR numbers as east-west, starting at one end of the county and moving in sequentially.
SR 6xxx are listed as being for "relocated traffic routes" in PennDOT's LRS documentation, not necessarily temporary numbers. Business PA 309 being SR 6309 would make sense assuming that it was previously PA 309. Same with the Business US 6 examples. In some other cases of recently relocated routes that I can think of, they got quadrant routes numbers rather than 6xxx.
Quote from: jemacedo9 on April 26, 2022, 08:57:07 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 22, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Business routes are usually numbered with a 3 or a 6 for the first digit, followed by the three digits of the parent route. (The "60" in the aforementioned SR 3160 is because I-376 here used to be PA 60 until 2009, but I don't know why the 1 is there.) US 6N, PA's only suffixed route, is internally numbered in a similar way: SR 3006.
That's not necessarily true; business routes starting with a 3 or 6. There is no consistency. Some times they are just regular quadrant routes numbers. Other times the US route number is embedded.
US 1 Business - SR 2037 Bucks County
US 6 Business - SR 6006 Lackawanna County and SR 6006 Warren County
US 15 Business - SR 2005 Tioga County and SR 3001 Adams County
US 22 Business - SR 3002 Mifflin County and SR 2048 Allegheny County
US 30 Business - SR 3070 Chester County
US 40 Business - SR 2040 Fayette County
US 202 Business - SR 2202 in Montgomery County and SR 4202 in Bucks County
US 219 Business - SR 2047 Somerset County
US 220 Business - SR 4009 Bedford County, SR 1001 and SR 3013 Blair County
US 222 Business - SR 3222 and SR 2005 Berks County
US 322 Business - SR 2003 and SR 3072 in Chester County, SR 3014 Centre County
US 422 Business - combination of SR 3422, SR 2008, SR 2010, SR 2021, SR 2054 in Berks County, SR 4422 in Indiana County, SR 2004 and SR 4002 in Lawrence County
SR 6--- are supposed to be temporary numbers. Business PA 309 in Luzerne County has SR 6309.
Here's another one (since this is an AASHTO approved route):
US 19 Truck - SR 4003 (McKnight Road part) in Allegheny County.
(For PA 21 and PA 166) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Traffic Restrictions and Route 166 Closure (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1766)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 2094 Jerome Street Bridge Westbound Detour Resumes Monday in McKeesport (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5768)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Nighttime Road Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1779)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Ramp to Delafield Avenue Long-term Closure Begins Wednesday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5790)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Freedom Road Upgrade Project Final Phase Continues Monday in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5796)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1781)
There is a rendering of the planned roundabout on SR 2004 (Freedom Rd) at PA 989 on YouTube. Honestly, the whole Freedom Rd corridor from PA 65 to US 19 could become an extended PA 228 if it was desired.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 2114 McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge Weekend Closure May 20-23 (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5812)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closure in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5813)
(Related to PA 51) PennDOT - District 11 News: Sewickley Bridge Ramp to Northbound Route 51 Closure this Weekend in Moon (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5814)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Off-ramps to Freeport Road Reopened in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5825)
(For PA 978) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Battle Ridge Road Slide Repair Begins Wednesday in South Fayette (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5827)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/05/23/penndot-parkway-east-traffic-improvements-variable-speed-limits-message-boards/stories/202205230094
Some traffic improvements are coming to the Parkway East (I-376) in Pittsburgh. Improvements include more message boards and warning signs about lane closures; gates to close entrance ramps so vehicles don't get trapped behind accidents; and variable speed limits to reduce rear-end collisions when free-flowing traffic approaches congestion.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1797)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closure in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5841)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1802)
(Related to PA 51) PennDOT - District 11 News: Sewickley Bridge Ramp to Northbound Route 51 Closure this Weekend in Moon (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5842)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Overnight Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1808)
(For PA 982) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 982 Road Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1810)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 4053 Wexford Run Road Bridge Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Marshall Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5847)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Yukon On-Ramp Scheduled to Reopen (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1812)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Neville Island Bridge Overnight Lane Restrictions Begin Next Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5851)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Nighttime Road Closures Extended (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1813)
(For I-376, US 22, and US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: 15-Day Inbound I-376 Parkway East Lane Restriction, Glenwood Ramp Closure Begins Friday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5856)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closure in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5859)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on June 03, 2022, 08:50:41 AM
(For PA 982) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 982 Road Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1810)
(For PA 982) PennDOT - District 12 News: POSTPONED: Route 982 Road Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1816)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Lane Overnight Closure Wednesday Night in Aleppo (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5863)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Short-term Traffic Stoppage Wednesday Morning in O'Hara (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5865)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Ramp to Delafield Avenue Long-term Closure Extended in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5866)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Schedule Change Begins Thursday Morning in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5868)
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 65 On-Ramp from Kilbuck Street Reopened in Glenfield (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5873)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Lane Restrictions Begin Friday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5871)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 4038 Layton Tunnel and Bridge Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1834)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Yukon Off-Ramp Scheduled to Reopen (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1839)
(For I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound I-376 Parkway East Lane Restriction, Glenwood Ramp Closure Extended Through Monday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5896)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Short-term Traffic Stoppage Monday Morning in O'Hara (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5893)
(For PA 188) PennDOT - District 12 News: Road Closure Route 188 Jefferson Road (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1845)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Survey Work Wednesday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5905)
(For PA 136) PennDOT - District 12 News: Road Closure Route 136 East Main Street (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1846)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 3037 Waltz Mill Road Scheduled to Reopen (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1847)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Ramp to Delafield Avenue Reopened in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5909)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 12 News: Northbound Route 18 Jefferson Avenue Reopening (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1850)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Route 28 Long-term Closure Extended in Aspinwall (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5911)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Closure July 8-11 (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5914)
(For PA 68) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 68 Sunflower Road Closure Begins Wednesday in Beaver County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5915)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Lane Overnight Closures this Week in Aleppo (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5916)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound I-376 Ramp to Forbes Avenue/Oakland Weekend Closure July 8-11 in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5918)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Closure Begins Tuesday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5929)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Crossover Begins this Weekend in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5933)
Which one of the two Fort Pitt Tunnels is more level in grade?
I noticed that the eastern portals of the tunnel have one 30 feet higher than the other to align with the two levels of the Fort Pitt Bridge, but the western portal has both portals on the same grade as per usual.
So that means either one tube climbs 30 feet or the other drops 30 feet.
Or one drops 15 feet and the other gains 15 feet.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on July 14, 2022, 09:50:27 AM
Or one drops 15 feet and the other gains 15 feet.
I know the outbound tunnel definitely has an upgrade because you can kind of see it when driving (and you can't see through the entire tunnel). The inbound tunnel has a less obstructed view, but that doesn't mean it has no grade.
(For US 40 BUS (Uniontown)) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Meeting and Virtual Plans Display for Route 2040 East Main Street Reconstruction Improvement Project in Uniontown, Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1867)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 West Seventh Avenue Closure Begins Monday in West Homestead (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5936)
PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Virtual Plans Display for the Route 1030 Roseytown Road Reconstruction Improvement Project in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1872)
PennDOT - Statewide News: PennDOT Receives Regional AASHTO Award for Reconnecting Pittsburgh Communities through I-579 Cap Project (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/pages/all-news-details.aspx?newsid=966)
(For PA 519) PennDOT - District 12 News: Road Closure Route 519 South Main Street (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1875)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Bates Street Overnight Closures Begin Monday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5953)
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound I-376 Parkway East Overnight Lane Closure at Oakland Interchange Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5954)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Lane Restrictions Begin Friday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5960)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Lane Shift Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5962)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Madison On/Off-Ramps Scheduled to Reopen (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1883)
(For I-279 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Closure Underway in Pittsburgh
(quote below because it was not posted on PennDOT Website)
QuotePittsburgh, PA — PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of the I-279 and I-579 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in Ross Township and the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, is underway Sunday, July 24.
All of the HOV lanes have closed to traffic until further notice as crews conduct inspections of the system along I-279 and I-579.
The HOV lanes are used to reduce congestion along Interstate 279 (Parkway North) by promoting ridesharing via carpooling, van pooling, or public transportation. With the exception of motorcycles, all vehicles using the HOV lanes must have at least two people in them from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Also, trucks are not permitted on the HOV.
To help keep motorists informed, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for I-279 Parkway North traffic advisories. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write "Subscribe — Parkway North" in the subject line.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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.
MEDIA CONTACT: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5004
Update: The HOV lanes have reopened.
QuotePittsburgh, PA — PennDOT District 11 is announcing the reopening of the I-279 and I-579 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in Ross Township and the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, on Sunday, July 24.
The HOV lanes have reopened to traffic under normal operations after crews made repairs on the system along I-279 and I-579.
The HOV lanes are used to reduce congestion along Interstate 279 (Parkway North) by promoting ridesharing via carpooling, van pooling, or public transportation. With the exception of motorcycles, all vehicles using the HOV lanes must have at least two people in them from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Also, trucks are not permitted on the HOV.
To help keep motorists informed, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for I-279 Parkway North traffic advisories. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write "Subscribe — Parkway North" in the subject line.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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.
MEDIA CONTACT: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5004
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Ramp to Fox Chapel Road Long-term Closure Begins Wednesday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5973)
(For PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound Route 910 Ramp to Northbound Route 28 closure Begins Wednesday in Harmar (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5974)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Restrictions Expanded in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5983)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Ramp to Westbound I-376 Traffic Stoppages Friday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5988)
(For I-376 BUS) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Short-term Traffic Stoppage Today, Thursday in Moon (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6001)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Weekend Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1892)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1893)
Update for I-70 from yesterday: PennDOT - District 12 News: POSTPONED: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Weekend Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1895)
(For I-376 and PA 885)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound I-376 Parkway East Reduced to Single Lane this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6005)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Boulevard of the Allies Interchange Overnight and Weekend Ramp Closures this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6006)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Local Lane Traffic Stoppages Begin Thursday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6009)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 West Seventh Avenue Closure Begins Monday in West Homestead (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6014)
(For PA 982) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Virtual Plans Display for the Route 982 Bridge Project in Derry Township, Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1903)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Fox Chapel Road On-Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Nightly Closures Begin Tuesday Night in O'Hara Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6016)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Fort Duquesne Boulevard Ramp to Fort Duquesne Bridge Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6023)
(For I-376 BUS) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3160 Business Loop 376 Intermittent Traffic Stoppages Tuesday in Moon (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6024)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 50 Millers Run Road Ramp to Northbound I-79 Closure Starts Friday in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6026)
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
This project is actually a project to replace a PA 50 bridge nearby the I-79 interchange. I do not believe that there is any work on the I-79 mainline in this project whatsoever.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Intermittent Traffic Stoppages Friday in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6028)
PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Webpage for Salina Bridge Project (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1909)
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 10, 2022, 09:36:47 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
My guess would be that the maintenance of traffic plans were developed before the PA 576 ramps were open.
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1910)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 11, 2022, 04:04:09 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1910)
PennDOT - District 12 News: RESCHEDULED — Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1915)
Quote from: Bitmapped on August 11, 2022, 02:13:33 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 10, 2022, 09:36:47 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
My guess would be that the maintenance of traffic plans were developed before the PA 576 ramps were open.
I asked PennDOT on Facebook and they said they can only use "state owned" roads for detours. Guess the Turnpike isn't state-owned (even though it is run by a state agency).
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 12, 2022, 02:56:56 PM
Quote from: Bitmapped on August 11, 2022, 02:13:33 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 10, 2022, 09:36:47 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
My guess would be that the maintenance of traffic plans were developed before the PA 576 ramps were open.
I asked PennDOT on Facebook and they said they can only use "state owned" roads for detours. Guess the Turnpike isn't state-owned (even though it is run by a state agency).
I was about to post speculating PTC-owned roadway as the potential issue, but you beat me to it confirming!
A few years back I helped develop MOT plans for some short-term closures at the I-95/495/US 1 interchange in College Park MD, and we ran into the same issue while laying out the official detour for the I-95/495 Inner -> US 1 NB loop ramp. The shortest detour would be continuing on I-95/495 & using exit 24 to loop thru the Greenbelt Metro station and return to US 1 on I-95/495 Outer, but we had to post the official detour to exit 23 and loop around at MD 201 since the exit 24 detour would utilize WMATA-owned roadway.
(Visual of that area for anyone trying to picture all that) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0145748,-76.8983599,14.67z/data=!5m1!1e1?hl=en)
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 12, 2022, 02:56:56 PM
Quote from: Bitmapped on August 11, 2022, 02:13:33 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 10, 2022, 09:36:47 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
My guess would be that the maintenance of traffic plans were developed before the PA 576 ramps were open.
I asked PennDOT on Facebook and they said they can only use "state owned" roads for detours. Guess the Turnpike isn't state-owned (even though it is run by a state agency).
...or sending people onto a toll road as a detour is really, really, really bad optics.
Quote from: Rothman on August 12, 2022, 04:51:17 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 12, 2022, 02:56:56 PM
Quote from: Bitmapped on August 11, 2022, 02:13:33 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on August 10, 2022, 09:36:47 AM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on August 09, 2022, 06:23:31 PM
Is this not the project they tried to toll.
Also, that detour, why can't motorists use the 576 East ramp from 79 back to the 576 east to 79 north ramp, there are no tolls, it would be high speed and safer than the listed Southpointe detour
It is toll-free. I initially recalled the ramp to 576 being a left-hand merge, but it isn't. The curvature of the loop ramp to 79 could be a reason, but those are fairly wide radiuses with a 45 MPH posted speed. Definitely an odd omission.
Another move for traffic traveling north on Washington Pike would be to travel south instead to access the new ramp to 576 from Morganza Rd. That dumps you right onto the ramp for 79 North.
My guess would be that the maintenance of traffic plans were developed before the PA 576 ramps were open.
I asked PennDOT on Facebook and they said they can only use "state owned" roads for detours. Guess the Turnpike isn't state-owned (even though it is run by a state agency).
...or sending people onto a toll road as a detour is really, really, really bad optics.
There's no toll on that section
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 12, 2022, 01:47:56 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 11, 2022, 04:04:09 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1910)
PennDOT - District 12 News: RESCHEDULED — Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1915)
PennDOT - District 12 News: RESCHEDULED — Interstate 70 Overnight Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1916)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Yukon Eastbound Lane Shifts (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1917)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Boulevard of the Allies to Eastbound I-376 Overnight Ramp Closure Wednesday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6039)
(For I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway West Overnight Lane Closures Start Tonight in Carnegie (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6042)
QuoteCrews from Allison Park Contractors, Inc. will work to replace a damaged overhead sign in the area.
(For PA 711) PennDOT Announces Public Virtual Plans Display for the Route 711 Bridge Projects in Westmoreland and Fayette Counties (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1919)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Weekend Closures (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1920)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Closure August 19-22 (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6044)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Weekend Crossover in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6046)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 60 Thornburg Bridge Preservation Begins Monday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6047)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Freeport Road On-ramp to Southbound Route 28 Closure Begins Friday Morning in O'Hara Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6049)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound Route 30 Overhead Sign Removal Friday in North Braddock (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6050)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Traffic Pattern Changes and Weekend Closures Extended (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1930)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Restrictions Extend Thursday in Forest Hills (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6066)
(For PA 136) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Meeting for Route 136 West Newton Bridge Rehabilitation Project in West Newton, Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1934)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Boulevard of the Allies to Eastbound I-376 Overnight Ramp Closure Wednesday, Thursday Nights in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6068)
(For I-79 and I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Rosslyn Road Bridge Repairs Begin Friday Night in Rosslyn Farms (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6067)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3004 McLaughlin Run Road Roundabout Opens Today in Upper St. Clair (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6072)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 24, 2022, 08:52:01 AM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3004 McLaughlin Run Road Roundabout Opens Today in Upper St. Clair (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6072)
Not sure why they created a right turn only lane for one approach when both have to yield into the roundabout anyway. Don't they normally make such a turn lane free-flowing and island separated so the yield is beyond the roundabout?
^Yes normally. Not sure why that was not done here (at least based on the video).
On another note, looks like I-79 is fully reopened around the PA 576 interchange, based on the camera views. The SB climbing lane is now open and the road is 3 lanes through the interchange.
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Route 28 to Reopen Today in Aspinwall (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6073)
(For PA 8) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 8 Traffic Counter Installation Thursday in Hampton Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6075)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 4038 Layton Tunnel and Bridge Scheduled to Reopen Next Week in Perry Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1941)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Freeport Road Reconstruction Begins Next Week in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6078)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 24, 2022, 09:57:49 AM
^Yes normally. Not sure why that was not done here (at least based on the video).
Perhaps it would have been unnecessarily expensive, given the crosswalks and proximity to a culvert carrying McLaughlin Run?
PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound I-376 Ramp to Forbes Avenue/Oakland Overnight Closures this Week in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6085)
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Public Virtual Plans Display for the Route 21 Bridge Projects in Greene County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1942)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Improvement Project Starts Tuesday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6092)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 West Seventh Avenue Closure Begins Tuesday in West Homestead (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6094)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Steffin Hill Road Closure Begins Tuesday in Beaver County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6097)
(For PA 885 and I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Boulevard of the Allies to Eastbound I-376 Overnight Ramp Closure Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6098)
(For US 19 TRUCK (Pittsburgh)) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 4003 McKnight Road Ramp Closures Start Tuesday Ross Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6101)
(For PA 906) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 906 Fayette City Road Closure (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1951)
(For PA 989 (and fictional PA 228 according to me)) PennDOT - District 11 News: Freedom Road/Route 989 Intersection Traffic Pattern Change Begins Today in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6102)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Local Lane Traffic Stoppages this Week in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6104)
A BRPA has been posted for a bridge project on PA 982 (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852587dd004a7689?OpenDocument) that includes a detour following US 22/US 119 and PA 981.
(For PA 130) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound Route 130 Tri-Boro Expressway Paving Operations this Weekend in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6107)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Intermittent Traffic Stoppages Friday in Forest Hills (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6108)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Weekend Crossover September 9-12 in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6112)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: PennDOT - District 11 News: Church Street Closure Begins Next Week in Bridgeville (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6111)
Made a trip to the 'Burgh for the holiday weekend (actually to suburban Harrisville) and went through the "construction" for the massive new interchange on I-79. It appears that all the work on 79 is done but there were still cones and a reduced speed through there. It also looks like northbound has the space for three lanes but it looked to be striped for only two.
And the cops were out Monday enforcing the 45 MPH speed limit when there were free-flowing lanes and zero construction that's ongoing. And at least 5 other officers patrolling the too-long 55 MPH section between Washington and Pittsburgh.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3082 Clinton-Frankfort Road Closure Underway in Independence Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6116)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Utility Work with Traffic Stoppages Scheduled in Washington County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1960)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Overhead Sign Structure Work Next Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6118)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Smithfield Street Bridge Improvements Begin Next Week in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6119)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Areas to Close Monday in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6120)
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Anticipated This Week in Fayette County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1961)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Closure September 16-19 (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6129)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Smithfield Street Bridge to Close Tonight in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6130)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Single-lane Closure Begins Thursday in O'Hara Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6131)
(For PA 130) PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound Route 130 Tri-Boro Expressway Paving Operations this Weekend in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6134)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway West Short-term Traffic Stoppage Friday Morning in Robinson (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6136)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Rosslyn Road Bridge Reopened in Rosslyn Farms (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6146)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Lane Restrictions Begins Wednesday in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6147)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Single-lane Closure Begins Wednesday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6149)
(For US 19) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 19 Mt. Morris Road Closure Scheduled to Begin Next Week in Greene County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1970)
PennDOT - Statewide News: I-579 Cap Project Named America's Transportation Awards Finalist for Reconnecting Pittsburgh Communities (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/pages/all-news-details.aspx?newsid=983)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Closure September 23-26 (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6153)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Traffic Stoppages this Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6154)
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Scheduled Saturday in Greene and Fayette Counties (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1979)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Overnight Closures Scheduled Next Week in Washington County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1981)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Delafield Avenue Ramp to Northbound Route 28 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6162)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Ramp Closures Begin Next Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6164)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Daylight Restrictions Start Wednesday in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6169)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 79 Utility Work with Traffic Stoppages Scheduled in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1983)
(For PA 51) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 51 Single-Lane Restrictions Scheduled to Occur as Needed in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1985) (This is related to the I-70/PA 51 Interchange Improvement Project.)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Reconstruction Begins Tuesday in Sharpsburg (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6171)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on September 22, 2022, 05:59:20 PM
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Scheduled Saturday in Greene and Fayette Counties (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1979)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Scheduled Saturday in Greene and Fayette Counties are POSTPONED (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1991)
(For I-70/I-79 and US 19) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 19 & Interstate 70/79 Traffic Slowdowns Scheduled Sunday in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=1992)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 30 Reopens in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6179)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 79 Utility Work with Traffic Stoppages Scheduled in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2006)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Begin Tonight in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6187)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Intermittent Traffic Stoppages Friday in Forest Hills (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6188)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on September 02, 2022, 01:57:16 PM
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Steffin Hill Road Closure Begins Tuesday in Beaver County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6097)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Steffin Hill Road Closure Extended in Beaver County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6192)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 11, 2022, 02:52:05 PM
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Begin Tonight in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6187)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closure Tonight in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6187)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Lane Overnight Closure Tuesday Night in Aleppo (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6202)
(For PA 906) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 906 over Webster Hollow Run Bridge Project in Westmoreland County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2015)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 356 Bridge and Intersection Project in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2017)
(Affects US 30) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 3030 E. Pittsburgh Street Bridge Project in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2016)
(For PA 281) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route T311 Bruceton Road Reconstruction Improvement Project in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2018)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 18, 2022, 04:06:11 PM
(For PA 281) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route T311 Bruceton Road Reconstruction Improvement Project in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2018)
I'm trying to figure out why PennDOT seems to be planning this widening project on a township road. This is a turned back section of PA 281. I'd like to see PennDOT take back ownership of the road as Henry Clay Township has done a poor job with maintaining signage and striping. Winter snow removal is also poor - I ran into problems here once where PennDOT has their section basically slushy and there were several inches of unplowed snow on the township-maintained section.
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Off-ramp to Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road Closure Begins Monday Morning in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6205)
(For PA 65 and PA 108/PA 168) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 108/Route 65 Reconstruction Work this Weekend in New Castle (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6209)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 20, 2022, 08:54:33 AM
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Off-ramp to Waterworks Drive/Freeport Road Closure Begins Monday Morning in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6205)
QuoteConstruction will include minor road widening of the southbound lanes near the Freeport Road on-ramp (Exit 8) interchange to allow for the existing lanes to be reassigned. At the completion of the project, southbound Route 28 will maintain two through lanes and an exit only off-ramp to Fox Chapel Road.
About time they get that fixed as well eliminating the last single thru lane setup in that area w/ the ones at the Highland Park Bridge too.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Grand Avenue On-ramp to Northbound I-79 Closure Begins Monday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6210)
(For I-376, US 22, and US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound I-376 Parkway West Short-term Traffic Stoppage Monday Morning in Robinson (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6211)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound Route 30 Ardmore Boulevard Crossover Lifted Friday in Forest Hills (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6212) (Actually, I did not use the crossover when I drove through here WB on Friday Morning.)
(Related to PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3034 Chartiers Street Closure Begins Monday in Bridgeville (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6213)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Express Lane Closure Tonight in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6215)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Closure in Westmoreland County Next Week (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2030)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 20, 2022, 08:54:33 AM
(For PA 65 and PA 108/PA 168) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 108/Route 65 Reconstruction Work this Weekend in New Castle (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6209)
(For PA 65 and PA 108/PA 168) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 108/Route 65 Reconstruction Work this Weekend in New Castle (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6221)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 17, 2022, 03:57:14 PM
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Lane Overnight Closure Tuesday Night in Aleppo (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6202)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Overnight Lane Closure Tonight in Aleppo (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6222)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6223)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closure this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6224)
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Fort Pitt Tunnel Inspections Begin Monday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6228)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Fox Chapel Road Interchange Intermittent Ramp Closures Begin Tuesday in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6230)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 2094 Jerome Street Bridge Ramp Work Begins Monday in McKeesport (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6231)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Boulevard of the Allies to Eastbound I-376 Overnight Ramp Closure Next Week in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6232)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Overnight Lane Closures Next Week in Aleppo (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6236)
(For PA 88) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 88 over a Tributary to the Mon River in Washington County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2036)
(For PA 108/PA 168) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 108/South Mill Street Reconstruction Work this Weekend in New Castle (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6243)
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6247)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3082 Clinton-Frankfort Bridge Community Informational Briefing Wednesday (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6248)
(For I-70, PA 51, PA 981, PA 21, PA 166, and probably more) PennDOT - District 12 News: Wolf Administration Highlights Interstate 70, Route 51 Interchange Improvements and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2042)
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Fort Pitt Tunnel Inspections Continue Monday Night in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6250)
If Allegheny County's Orange Belt takes you to the outer edges of the county; the Yellow Belt, in contrast, may be the ultimate day trip within the county. Shorter - and not as long or tedious of a drive - the Yellow Belt gives you a little bit of everything - suburbs, Mon Valley Industrial towns, recreation, and access to nearby shopping centers.
The Yellow Belt is a slightly over 75-mile-long journey through the heart of Allegheny County. Though it is not as frustrating as the Orange Belt - fewer turns onto various roads and doesn't take as long - it still is a slow and at times frustrating drive at just under three hours. But the variety of landscapes and proximity to various activities make it a great day trip for exploring. And in a county as big as Allegheny, a chance to see much of the area you may have never seen before.
The Yellow Belt was a pleasant surprise for me. It really gives a full taste of the communities within the county and around Pittsburgh. Like the Orange Belt, it's a long drive. The seemingly endless two lanes through the North Hills eat away at the time, as do all the traffic lights in Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park.
However, the purpose of the Yellow Belt can easily be seen. Not as a whole route but in segments of it. It serves as a connector to communities, activity centers, and landmarks. It serves as a signed (if you don't miss them) route vs. remembering the numerous streets you need to make a turn on or off. It's not perfect and in the modern-day era of GPS and in-car navigation antiquated. Yet, the Yellow Belt, more so than the Orange Belt, serves a purpose and can get you where you're going.
A drive on the Yellow Belt.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2022/11/allegheny-countys-day-trip-yellow-belt.html
(For PA 21 and PA 166) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Traffic Pattern Changes Tomorrow in Fayette County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2043)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Fox Chapel Road to Southbound Route 28 Ramp Closure Wednesday in O'Hara Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6253)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass to Close Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6261)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Lane Restrictions Next Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6264)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Ramp Patching this Week in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6265)
CE Expert System:
District 11:
6th Street Bridge Rehab (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852588cb0052a366?OpenDocument)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Ramp Closure Begins Wednesday Morning in Allegheny County (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6272)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Bates Street On-ramp to Eastbound I-376 Closure Tonight in Pittsburgh (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6275)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Wolf Administration Wraps Up 2022 Construction Season in Pittsburgh Area (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6278)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Ramp Closure Friday in Harmar (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6283)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Freeport Road On-ramp to Southbound Route 28 Closure Monday in O'Hara Township (http://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6285)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-579 CAP Project Continues to Deliver for the Hill District Community (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6267)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Reopens in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6268)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 18 Pavement Preservation Project in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2044)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3104 McKees Rocks Bridge Short-term Closure Wednesday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6274)
Quote from: Roadsguy on December 08, 2021, 05:40:18 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 08, 2021, 05:37:37 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 07, 2021, 11:17:15 AM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Improvement Project Online Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=5582)
The plan at the moment is to convert this interchange into a DDI including a connection from I-376 WB to PA 60 SB.
Yep; just attended the public meeting. It's too bad 22/30 won't be given two-lane, high-speed movements, but of course PennDOT doesn't exactly have a bottomless well of funds right now...
An update was posted on this in the CE Expert System on December 13th. (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258774003d4ec4?OpenDocument)
Other Updates:
28th St Bridge Rehabilitation (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec8525875700621045?OpenDocument)
(From 12/23) (For PA 978) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Bridge Closure Underway in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6278)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Exit 40 Westbound Ramp Closures Scheduled for Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2062)
(Affects PA 88) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 1061 Mingo Church Road Bridge Replacement Project in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2070)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Truck Restriction Begins Tuesday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6287)
(For I-279) PennDOT - District 11 News: HOV 2+ Requirement Lifted in Outbound Direction Starting Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6289)
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 On-ramps to Southbound I-79 Long-term Closure Begins Wednesday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6290)
Ever want to own a piece of transportation history - like a bridge pier? Well in Pittsburgh, two bridge piers from the former Wabash Bridge (demolished since 1946) are for sale.
I was recently interviewed for this feature on Pittsburgh radio.
https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2023-01-17/historic-bridge-piers-are-up-for-sale-on-pittsburghs-monongahela-river
Quote from: CanesFan27 on January 17, 2023, 08:21:12 AM
Ever want to own a piece of transportation history - like a bridge pier? Well in Pittsburgh, two bridge piers from the former Wabash Bridge (demolished since 1946) are for sale.
I was recently interviewed for this feature on Pittsburgh radio.
https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2023-01-17/historic-bridge-piers-are-up-for-sale-on-pittsburghs-monongahela-river
Congrats on the interview!!
PennDOT - District 11 News: 7th Avenue Overnight Ramp Closures this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6293)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Freeport Road Closure Tuesday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6303)
(For I-279) PennDOT - District 11 News: HOV Closure Tuesday Night, Wednesday Morning in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6304)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Area Closures Extended in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6310)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6306)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Freeport Road Closure Thursday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6311)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on January 24, 2023, 03:05:14 PM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 22/I-376 Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Wednesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6306)
I'm not a fan of the proposed DDI. It eliminates the free-flowing movement to stay on US 22/US 30 westbound and does nothing to fix the weave with the adjacent Summit Park Drive interchange on I-376. I wrote PennDOT that I'd rather see a folded diamond interchange with all the ramps on the south side of US 22/PA 60 (Steubenville Pike). They could do a Florida T-style setup to give westbound free flow through interchange bypassing signals and this would increase separation between ramps on I-376, which would markedly improve weave situation.
CE Expert System: I-279 North Shore Expressway and Fort Duquesne Bridge Preservation (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852589250048db54?OpenDocument)
(For PA 885 as well) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East Overnight Lane Restrictions Continue Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6312)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 30, 2022, 06:39:52 AM
(From 12/23) (For PA 978) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Bridge Closure Underway in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6278)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Temporary Bridge Installation Work Begins Monday in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6313)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Advances Next Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project to Final Design (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2077)
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Don't know if it's been mentioned upthread, but at the 222/422/PA 12 interchange in Wyomissing, why the missing movements from sb 222 to eb PA 12 and wb PA 12 to nb 222? Could they have been squeezed in? Are they superfluous due to nearby interchanges?
Quote from: ixnay on February 03, 2023, 06:57:10 PM
Don't know if it's been mentioned upthread, but at the 222/422/PA 12 interchange in Wyomissing, why the missing movements from sb 222 to eb PA 12 and wb PA 12 to nb 222? Could they have been squeezed in? Are they superfluous due to nearby interchanges?
Wyomissing is nowhere near Southwestern Pennsylvania, but it seems like the missing movements are superfluous. Traffic heading on PA 12 wanting to go on US 222 North probably would have gone a different route and vice versa. In the event they didn't, there are adjacent alternatives with Paper Mill Road and PA 183 that can be used instead.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 03, 2023, 10:25:07 AM
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Not gonna lie, but this is needed. About the only way I could see them making space between I-79 & Brandt School Road on PA-910, is to convert the I-79 interchange to a SPUI.
However, I could see that if (and it's a big if) they can move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge, I think there should be enough space to convert it to a DDI as long as they connect Sunny Hill Road on the SB side to connect to the Northern spur of Nicholson Road @ that traffic light. This way, they wouldn't really have to mess with the SB ramps (sans making the split for the DDI).
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 04, 2023, 11:36:11 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 03, 2023, 10:25:07 AM
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Not gonna lie, but this is needed. About the only way I could see them making space between I-79 & Brandt School Road on PA-910, is to convert the I-79 interchange to a SPUI.
However, I could see that if (and it's a big if) they can move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge, I think there should be enough space to convert it to a DDI as long as they connect Sunny Hill Road on the SB side to connect to the Northern spur of Nicholson Road @ that traffic light. This way, they wouldn't really have to mess with the SB ramps (sans making the split for the DDI).
The challenge with a DDI is the Brandt School Road intersection right by the NB ramps - there's no room to relocate the intersection with the shopping center in the SE corner.
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Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 03, 2023, 10:25:07 AM
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Not gonna lie, but this is needed. About the only way I could see them making space between I-79 & Brandt School Road on PA-910, is to convert the I-79 interchange to a SPUI.
However, I could see that if (and it's a big if) they can move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge, I think there should be enough space to convert it to a DDI as long as they connect Sunny Hill Road on the SB side to connect to the Northern spur of Nicholson Road @ that traffic light. This way, they wouldn't really have to mess with the SB ramps (sans making the split for the DDI).
The challenge with a DDI is the Brandt School Road intersection right by the NB ramps - there's no room to relocate the intersection with the shopping center in the SE corner.
As I said in my original post, the only way they could do a DDI would be to move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge. There is some space to do that. Would it require some earth work to do it, sure, but I think it could be done to give enough room.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 05, 2023, 10:02:32 PM
Quote from: MASTERNC on February 05, 2023, 07:30:44 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 04, 2023, 11:36:11 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 03, 2023, 10:25:07 AM
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Not gonna lie, but this is needed. About the only way I could see them making space between I-79 & Brandt School Road on PA-910, is to convert the I-79 interchange to a SPUI.
However, I could see that if (and it's a big if) they can move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge, I think there should be enough space to convert it to a DDI as long as they connect Sunny Hill Road on the SB side to connect to the Northern spur of Nicholson Road @ that traffic light. This way, they wouldn't really have to mess with the SB ramps (sans making the split for the DDI).
The challenge with a DDI is the Brandt School Road intersection right by the NB ramps - there's no room to relocate the intersection with the shopping center in the SE corner.
As I said in my original post, the only way they could do a DDI would be to move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge. There is some space to do that. Would it require some earth work to do it, sure, but I think it could be done to give enough room.
I misread what you had said - makes sense
(For PA 51 and PA 168) (and seems to also affect OH 14) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 51, Beaver County Roadway Closures Underway in Darlington Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6326)
CE Expert System: PA 65/I-279 Interchange Ramps Bridge Preservation (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258925004af570?OpenDocument)
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 04, 2023, 11:36:11 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 03, 2023, 10:25:07 AM
(For I-79 at PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79/Route 910 Wexford Interchange Project Online Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6323)
Not gonna lie, but this is needed. About the only way I could see them making space between I-79 & Brandt School Road on PA-910, is to convert the I-79 interchange to a SPUI.
However, I could see that if (and it's a big if) they can move the NB ramps way closer to the bridge, I think there should be enough space to convert it to a DDI as long as they connect Sunny Hill Road on the SB side to connect to the Northern spur of Nicholson Road @ that traffic light. This way, they wouldn't really have to mess with the SB ramps (sans making the split for the DDI).
Let's just avoid the SPUI problem by moving all of the ramps to the west side of I-79. (basically that is what was presented tonight, I am unsure why they are calling it an offset SPUI) Having stated that, this could arguably end the graph connection between I-79 and PA 910 in Travel Mapping.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Short-term Closure Wednesday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6329)
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 07, 2023, 07:21:19 PM
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Hopefully, it will be posted within the next couple days.
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 On-ramps to Southbound I-79 Reopened in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6331)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 06, 2023, 01:56:43 PM
(For PA 51 and PA 168) (and seems to also affect OH 14) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 51, Beaver County Roadway Closures Underway in Darlington Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6326)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Beaver County Roadways Reopen in Darlington Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6332)
QuotePittsburgh, PA — PennDOT District 11 is announcing the reopening of Route 51 and several roadways in Darlington Township, Beaver County.
Route 51 and several Beaver County roadways were closed to traffic Monday morning due to the train derailment in Ohio. All roads in Beaver County have reopened to traffic.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting 511PA. 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 PennDOT District 11 Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at PennDOT Projects.
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Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 07, 2023, 07:38:54 PM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 07, 2023, 07:21:19 PM
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Hopefully, it will be posted within the next couple days.
The link to the presentation has been posted. (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/I-79%20Public%20Meeting%202-07-23_rev1.pdf)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 09, 2023, 08:09:20 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 07, 2023, 07:38:54 PM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 07, 2023, 07:21:19 PM
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Hopefully, it will be posted within the next couple days.
The link to the presentation has been posted. (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/I-79%20Public%20Meeting%202-07-23_rev1.pdf)
Looks like what PennDOT did on US 422 for PA 23 outside King of Prussia. The big difference is there is only one flyover ramp (for the off-ramp from 422 EB to PA 23) and both directions of PA 23 have their own ramp to 422 WB. They eliminated a weaving area on one side and two adjacent intersections on the other (similar to what you have now in Wexford).
Also appears the 79 NB off-ramp will have two right turn lanes with a painted separation between them. If they keep that design, I'm guessing the outer lane would allow right on red and the inner lane would not?
Not a bad design. I'd think just spacing out the distance between the 79 NB-off/on ramps and Brandt School Rd will help a lot.
I do wonder about the decision for PA-910 (and non-910 Wexford Bayne Rd beyond) having the right lane be right-only to NB I-79 and only continuing with one thru-lane to non-910 Wexford Bayne Rd, as opposed to being a right/straight option and continuing 2 thru lanes (and allowing a dual left from the 79 NB off ramp) - I'm guessing traffic pattern studies shown that was the best decision.
Quote from: MASTERNC on February 09, 2023, 10:48:49 AM
Also appears the 79 NB off-ramp will have two right turn lanes with a painted separation between them. If they keep that design, I'm guessing the outer lane would allow right on red and the inner lane would not?
While that could be possible, I don't think PennDOT does that very much. If I had to bet, I'd bet neither lane will allow right-on-red. I suspect they'll advise that traffic in the far right lane be destined for Brandt School Rd, and the second right for 910/VIP drive (somewhat like now)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 09, 2023, 08:09:20 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 07, 2023, 07:38:54 PM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 07, 2023, 07:21:19 PM
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Hopefully, it will be posted within the next couple days.
The link to the presentation has been posted. (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/I-79%20Public%20Meeting%202-07-23_rev1.pdf)
Heh, shocked that they'd want to turn it into a SPUI on the west side of the interchange and introduce two new bridges to maintain. Thought a DDI would have been a better choice as long as they moved the NB ramps closer to the mainline I-79.
Plus, would have though they'd leave a slip ramp from the WB PA-910 lanes to the NB lanes of I-79 and keep that movement on the east side of the interchange. Would be better IMO & keep that movement freeflowing. That way, they could have 2 straight lanes thru the traffic light, instead of 1 straight & 1 right.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Long-term Lane Restriction Begins Monday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6335)
QuotePittsburgh, PA — PennDOT District 11 is announcing a long-term northbound lane restriction on the Highland Park Bridge in Sharpsburg Borough, Allegheny County, will begin Monday, February 13 weather permitting.
The left-hand lane from the Highland Park Bridge/Freeport Road interchange to Route 28 will close to traffic around-the-clock beginning at 7 a.m. Monday continuously through late August. Crews will conduct bridge reconstruction, drainage improvement, roadway reconstruction, highway lighting and traffic signal work.
All ramps will remain open at this time. Information on additional ramp closures will be provided in advance of the work beginning.
This work is part of the $47.31 million Route 28 Highland Park Interchange Project that includes reconstruction of Route 28 between North Canal Street/Kittanning Pike and extending north/east to the Delafield Avenue Interchange, the reestablishment of two travel lanes on Route 28 in each direction through the interchange, and construction of improved acceleration and deceleration ramps. Also included in the project is the reconstruction of the Route 28 ramps with the Highland Park Bridge and Freeport Road, bridge/wall preservation work, bridge, and roadway widening, sound barriers, and miscellaneous operational and safety improvements.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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.
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Daylight Traffic Stoppages Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6337)
QuotePittsburgh, PA — PennDOT District 11 is announcing short-term daylight traffic stoppages on the Boulevard of Allies (Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Monday through Thursday, February 13-16 weather permitting.
Traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day on the Boulevard of the Allies between the Crosstown Boulevard and the Birmingham Bridge. Crews will conduct shielding installation, dam replacement work, concrete barrier and deck repairs, and other miscellaneous construction activities.
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.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts.
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Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 10, 2023, 12:25:01 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 09, 2023, 08:09:20 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 07, 2023, 07:38:54 PM
Quote from: ARMOURERERIC on February 07, 2023, 07:21:19 PM
Having had grown up in the vicinity, I would really like to see a graphic of that design.
Hopefully, it will be posted within the next couple days.
The link to the presentation has been posted. (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/I-79%20Public%20Meeting%202-07-23_rev1.pdf)
Heh, shocked that they'd want to turn it into a SPUI on the west side of the interchange and introduce two new bridges to maintain. Thought a DDI would have been a better choice as long as they moved the NB ramps closer to the mainline I-79.
Plus, would have though they'd leave a slip ramp from the WB PA-910 lanes to the NB lanes of I-79 and keep that movement on the east side of the interchange. Would be better IMO & keep that movement freeflowing. That way, they could have 2 straight lanes thru the traffic light, instead of 1 straight & 1 right.
"Diverging diamond" interchanges are terrible in areas with high traffic volumes. In Georgia, the I-85 interchange at Pleasant Hill Road and the I-285 interchange at Ashford-Dunwoody Road both have poor service levels. SPUIs are far superior.
If I were doing it, and I am familiar with the topology, though not the NIMBY politics, I would do a 6 ramp Parco as follows:
79 north, ramp to Brant School between Sorgels and Orchard Hill Church labeled:
To PA 910 East
Brant School Rd
Wexford
Then an off ramp and on ramp to 79 North connecting to the intersection of Mingo and Neely School Rd labeled:
To PA 910 West
Neely school rd
Bradford Woods
For South 79, keep the existing off ramp for
Wexford Bane Rd
Ambridge
Then SB Off ramp and on ramp to 79 South meeting at Nicholson South of Blaymore. The ramp labeled:
To PA 910 East
Nicholson Rd
Wexford
Franklin Park
No extra bridges needed
No signals between Nichloson and Brant School
New signal on both Nicholson and Mingo Roads
CE Expert System: US 22/US 30 at I-376/PA 60 (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258917005e7d42?OpenDocument) (This is the project that will convert this interchange to a DDI.)
(For PA 837 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 837 to Southbound Route 885 Ramp Restriction Begins Today in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6342)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Crossover Begins Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6344)
QuoteQuote from: 74/171FAN on December 30, 2022, 06:39:52 AM
(From 12/23) (For PA 978) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Bridge Closure Underway in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6278)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Temporary Bridge Installation Work Begins Monday in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6313)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 978 Millers Run Road Temporary Bridge Opened to Traffic in South Fayette Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6351)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-279 Parkway North/Fort Duquesne Bridge Ramp Closures Saturday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6355)
With the help of friend of the site, PAHighways.com's Jeff Kitsko, I was able to update the Pittsburgh International Airport Ghost Ramps history page. The new map shows the routing and planned 3.67-mile extension of the Beaver Valley Expressway (then PA 60 now I-376 and 376 Business) to serve as a bypass of the former main entrance to the former Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. The new map details the plans for this highway, which for over 30 years was a set of two-lane ghost stubs that dead-ended into a hillside at the cargo entrance to the airport.
The Beaver Valley Expressway Extension would include an interchange at Beers School Road (now University Drive) and a different version of the Thorn Run Road Interchange that exists today. Also, a never built trumpet interchange (called the McCutcheon Interchange) would lead to a new terminal access road.
Of course, the extension/bypass was never built - and would be moot nearly 20 years later when the new Landside Terminal and accompanying freeway was built.
Updated page is here: https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/04/the-story-behind-ghost-ramps-around.html
A few days ago in my hometown FB group someone posted a photo of this wall map of Southern Allegheny County. Like many maps of the era, the map shows the new PA 48 corridor. However, this was the first map that I have seen that gave a good idea of the route north of US 30 and into Monroeville.
"Highlights" include that the new 48 would after crossing US 30 (east of where the old K-Mart Plaza at PA 48 was/is) that it would head into the Turtle Creek Valley and into the southern limits of Trafford before turning west to parallel the railroad and PA 130 through the valley.
It crossed 48 again at the current-day PA 130/48 intersection (where the Sheetz is) and then would turn north to parallel Mosside Blvd (PA 48) to the west along Tilbrook Road.
The New 48 would cross PA 48 again at Northern Pike before tying into the US 22/Parkway East/PA Turnpike Interchange.
The routing would have taken out the Haymaker Village Shopping Plaza along PA 130 in Trafford. I wonder if the interchange at the PA 48/130 intersection (at the north side of the Wall Bridge) would have had possible connections built-in for the Tri-Boro Expressway (never made it that far east anyways).
Finally, it would have been interesting to see how the New 48 would have wound around the Gateway High School Complex at 48/Northern Pike. Gateway High School opened in 1958 - and most published corridor routes for the New 48 came out in the mid-late 1960s.
You really never know where you can stumble across a clue in a roadgeeking mystery.
I've updated the NEW PA 48 page at Gribblenation as a result:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/12/the-new-pa-48-unbuilt-eastern-allegheny.html
Looks like the I-79 crossover north of the Ohio River has been a trouble spot since it opened this past weekend. PennDOT is making changes and likely reducing the speed limit (they had kept it at the normal 55 MPH) but the southbound side is down to one lane.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/penndot-making-changes-after-crashes-new-i-79-crossover/DCH3OU6WP5G2BLHOT6BCMBNWUY/
They are also using these oddly shaped metal barriers instead of concrete. They are wider at the top than the concrete ones, and I know someone who didn't realize that and ended up with a long scratch down the side of their car.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Safety Enhancement Work Thursday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6356)
Looks like maybe they're installing rumble strips across the road like they used to do in northwest PA?
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Traffic Stoppages to Occur Next Wednesday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2085)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Nightly Lane Restrictions and Rolling Stoppages to Begin Next Thursday in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2086)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Crossover Safety Improvements Implemented in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6358)
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Daylight Traffic Stoppages Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6359)
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Scheduled this Saturday in Greene and Fayette Counties (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2087)
CE Expert System:
District 11:
PA 588 Bridge Over Unnamed Tributary to Brush Creek (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258959006b6603?OpenDocument)
District 12: US 40/PA 281 Turn Lane Upgrades (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec8525894400485731?OpenDocument)
Looks like southbound I-79 traffic will have two splits a few miles apart
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/penndot-starting-more-construction-work-along-s-bends-stretch-of-i-79/
Quote from: 74/171FAN on February 28, 2023, 07:51:57 AM
CE Expert System:
District 12: US 40/PA 281 Turn Lane Upgrades (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec8525894400485731?OpenDocument)
This project also involves changes to turn lanes at the PA 380/PA 366 interchange in Westmoreland County.
For the US 40/PA 281 part, the two routes briefly multiplex here. US 40 is 3 lanes with a dedicated left turn lane by the western intersection, but by eastern intersection it is 4 lanes without a dedicated turn lane because of adjacent hills. It looks like they plane to restripe it here for 3 lanes to give a dedicated left turn lane. I would not favor such a project because this is one of the few good passing opportunities on US 40 east of Uniontown.
(For US 119) PennDOT - District 12 News: Depot Street Intermittent Road Closures Scheduled to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2091)
(For I-79 and PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 On-ramps to Southbound I-79 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6368)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6369)
(For PA 551) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 551 Enon Road Bridge Replacement Underway in North Beaver Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6371)
Regarding the new SPUI for the I-79 Wexford interchange, I mostly endorse it, though I do have some issues, the most prominent of which being the two east-bound turning lanes coming from 1-79 N, which is the whole reason for the redesign. Currently the exit (going northbound) has three lanes: one heading west toward Nicholson, middle lane turning east onto 910 where the driver gets to choose which of the two eastbound lanes to turn into (left lane for Mingo, right lane for 910 E), and the right lane for Brandt School. With the new redesign, drivers going eastbound on 910 and looking to turn onto Brandt will have to share the right lane, as the middle lane is slated for the left lane on 910, which quickly turns into a turning lane for Mingo. My fear is that once this is recognized by drivers, the right lane will be bogged down and cause traffic hiccups, as no one will want to deal with merging from the left turn lane once already on 910 E.
I also have concerns about the decel lane from I-79 N. I think (and have thought this for years, growing up in the North Hills) the fourth lane coming from I-279 needs to be extended through to the Wexford exit. Yes, that'd cause some weaving issues for drivers coming from I-79 rather than 279, but it would eliminate the merging headaches.
(For PA 168) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 168 Eastbrook Road Bridge Long-term Closure Begins Today in Hickory Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6373)
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on March 05, 2023, 11:23:43 AM
I think (and have thought this for years, growing up in the North Hills) the fourth lane coming from I-279 needs to be extended through to the Wexford exit. Yes, that'd cause some weaving issues for drivers coming from I-79 rather than 279, but it would eliminate the merging headaches.
I've also thought that for quite some time. Even before (or especially before) they extended 279's right lane to end after I-279 ends, instead of pinching it down to one lane before becoming I-79.
I always figured @ 910 the far right would be exit only, and they could make the next-to-right lane an option lane for either 910 or 79 for slightly less weaving.
(For I-579 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-579 Ramp to Southbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closure Wednesday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6376)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East Daylight Traffic Stoppages Begin Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6377)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 Road Closure to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2104)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Freeport Road Closure Wednesday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6384)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Birmingham Bridge Ramp to Forbes Avenue Closure Begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6385)
CE Expert System:
District 11: PA 18 Rochester-Monaca Bridge (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852588f600565d3c?OpenDocument)
(For PA 351) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 351 Arthur Street Emergency Railroad Track Repairs Today in Koppel Borough (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6387)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Overnight Traffic Stoppages Tonight in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6388)
(For I-579 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-579 Ramp to Southbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closure Thursday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6389)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Reconstruction Continues Monday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6391)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6398)
74/171FAN, seeing as you work for PennDOT, if you don't mind me asking, does PennDOT even have widening of the Penn Lincoln Parkway (and/or Schuylkill Expressway) on their radar? It's one thing to avoid widening it to Texas levels of urban interstate, but when you have the most populous and busiest highways in the state that are substandard and have been for nearly 50 years, it just seems odd that they're not even considering it.
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on March 18, 2023, 08:46:34 PM
74/171FAN, seeing as you work for PennDOT, if you don't mind me asking, does PennDOT even have widening of the Penn Lincoln Parkway (and/or Schuylkill Expressway) on their radar? It's one thing to avoid widening it to Texas levels of urban interstate, but when you have the most populous and busiest highways in the state that are substandard and have been for nearly 50 years, it just seems odd that they're not even considering it.
Widening and reconstructing both routes would be tremendously expensive. PennDOT has been making steady progress with spot widening on the Parkway West (nobody calls it the Penn Lincoln Parkway) over the past decade and more widening is in the works as part of the Banksville Road interchange reconfiguration.
The real problem on the Parkway East and Parkway West are the interchanges, and to a lesser extent, the tunnels. Reconfiguring interchanges to eliminate weaves, extending climbing lanes, and providing reasonable-length merge areas would tremendously help improve traffic flow. Those sorts of projects are, rightfully, where PennDOT has been spending its cash on this corridor.
Quote from: JawnwoodS96 on March 18, 2023, 08:46:34 PM
74/171FAN, seeing as you work for PennDOT, if you don't mind me asking, does PennDOT even have widening of the Penn Lincoln Parkway (and/or Schuylkill Expressway) on their radar? It's one thing to avoid widening it to Texas levels of urban interstate, but when you have the most populous and busiest highways in the state that are substandard and have been for nearly 50 years, it just seems odd that they're not even considering it.
I generally do not receive any information working for Central Office that is not already public. This website (https://transform76.com/) exists for the plans for I-76. However, make sure to limit discussion on that to the Philly thread.
I am not aware of any discussion involving I-376 beyond spot-interchange improvements (such as the DDI conversion at US 22/US 30/PA 60) and reconstruction. However, the best source of information on that would be District 11.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 19, 2023, 10:20:33 AMI generally do not receive any information working for Central Office that is not already public. This website (https://transform76.com/) exists for the plans for I-76. However, make sure to limit discussion on that to the Philly thread.
I am not aware of any discussion involving I-376 beyond spot-interchange improvements (such as the DDI conversion at US 22/US 30/PA 60) and reconstruction. However, the best source of information on that would be District 11.
Dang, I thought you might have something else outside of public knowledge :-D Oh well, thanks though.
As for the other points, thanks, but being the road junkie that I am (that we all are), I already scoped out those sites long ago, though I do continue to scout for updates.
As for referencing the Penn Lincoln Parkway by its full name, I wanted to mention both sides at once, not just one or the other, as nearly the entire stretch from BL-376 to Business-22 is substandard.
(For PA 201 and I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 201 Bridge Over Interstate 70 to Close in Westmoreland County - Multiple Detours and Traffic Impacts Can Be Expected (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2107)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Short-term Closure Thursday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6400)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 3017 Crawford Lane Bridge Over Interstate 70 Closure in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2109)
(For I-279 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Closure Thursday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6403)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Closure Begins Saturday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6405)
This may be off-topic but has anyone visited the Frankie Pace Park yet? Interstate 579's deck park looks pretty spectacular. Also, does anyone know who Frankie Pace was? Was he a local or state politician?
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 20, 2023, 03:22:32 PM
(For PA 201 and I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 201 Bridge Over Interstate 70 to Close in Westmoreland County - Multiple Detours and Traffic Impacts Can Be Expected (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2107)
PennDOT - District 12 News: RESCHEDULED: Route 201 Bridge Over Interstate 70 to Close in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2115)
(For US 119, PA 819, and PA 66 BUS (Greensburg)) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 119 Road Closure Scheduled in Westmoreland County Next Saturday (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2116)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Daylight Traffic Stoppages this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6413)
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 23, 2023, 12:24:56 PM[D]oes anyone know who Frankie Pace was? Was he a local or state politician?
Neither a politician nor a he.
From https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2021/11/22/Ribbon-cut-for-Frankie-Pace-Park-connecting-Downtown-Hill-District-golden-triangle/stories/202111220119 [dated 11.22.2021 and may be paywalled] ...
QuoteThe $29.3 million park, named Frankie Pace Park last week after the late Hill District businesswoman and activist, features serpentine walking paths, large lawns, space for outdoor classrooms and neighborhood artwork. It was designed to reconnect the two neighborhoods after the city's construction of the former Civic Arena in the late 1950s – which Pace tried to stop – separated them and many say damaged the once-thriving Hill business district.
Quote from: ixnay on March 28, 2023, 07:34:51 AM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 23, 2023, 12:24:56 PM[D]oes anyone know who Frankie Pace was? Was he a local or state politician?
Neither a politician nor a he.
From https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2021/11/22/Ribbon-cut-for-Frankie-Pace-Park-connecting-Downtown-Hill-District-golden-triangle/stories/202111220119 [dated 11.22.2021 and may be paywalled] ...
QuoteThe $29.3 million park, named Frankie Pace Park last week after the late Hill District businesswoman and activist, features serpentine walking paths, large lawns, space for outdoor classrooms and neighborhood artwork. It was designed to reconnect the two neighborhoods after the city's construction of the former Civic Arena in the late 1950s – which Pace tried to stop – separated them and many say damaged the once-thriving Hill business district.
This is the history that needs to be taught. Thriving neighborhoods and businesses were deemed to be "slums" and selected as the location for highways, civic centers, and parks solely because of the color of the people who lived in those areas. It is a sad part of our history (and hasn't gone away, there are still certain areas today that are picked for unseemly things like landfills, factories, gas line compressor stations, etc. that are in close proximity to neighborhoods with lower-value housing).
There are many books and studies that cover this, but a good one that gives great insight into the status and demise of the Hill District and the treatment of Blacks in Pittsburgh is "American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics." WQED also did a documentary on this group, find it on YouTube.
Bruce in Blacksburg (but a native of the 'Burgh who grew up in that era of the '60s and '70s)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Shapiro Administration Previews 2023 Southwest Region Construction Season (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2128)
I am pretty sure that the PA 819 reference is a typo and should instead say PA 981.
EDIT: I contacted District 12 about that and they responded stating that this will be corrected.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on March 21, 2023, 12:12:45 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 3017 Crawford Lane Bridge Over Interstate 70 Closure in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2109)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 3017 Crawford Lane Bridge Over Interstate 70 Reopened to Traffic in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2131)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Northbound Freeport Road Closure Thursday in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6416)
CE Expert System:
District 12: US 30 Corridor Impvmts - Western Section (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258520004995bd?OpenDocument)
PA 711 Crawford Ave Bridge (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec8525892d0060904e?OpenDocument)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Short-term Ramp Closures Thursday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6426)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Public Meeting Announced for Route 4038 Layton Bridge Replacement Project in Perry Township, Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2147)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Shapiro Administration Previews 2023 Pittsburgh Region Construction Season (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6427)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 50 Washington Pike Bridge Extended Weekend Closure April 13-17 in Bridgeville, South Fayette (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6429)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Continue in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6431)
(For PA 271) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 271 Menoher Highway Closure to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2155)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound Fort Pitt Bridge, Tunnel Overnight Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6438)
(For I-376, US 22, and US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East Overnight Lane Restrictions Start Sunday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6441)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 885 Overnight Line Painting Starts Tonight in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6447)
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 Improvement Project Underway in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6448)
PennDOT - District 11 News: New Kensington Bridge Traffic Stoppages this Week in East Deer and New Kensington (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6450)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6456)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 50 Washington Pike Bridge Extended Weekend Closure April 20-24 in Bridgeville, South Fayette (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6457)
(For PA 8) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 8 Washington Boulevard to Highland Park Bridge Ramp Closure Thursday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6458)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Fort Pitt Bridge, Tunnel Overnight Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6462)
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Begin Next Week in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6466)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Liberty Tunnel Overnight Inspections Begin Sunday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6468)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 20, 2023, 09:52:02 AM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Fort Pitt Bridge, Tunnel Overnight Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6462)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Fort Pitt Bridge, Tunnel Overnight Closures Saturday, Sunday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6471)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 18, 2023, 03:03:18 PM
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6456)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6472)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 20, 2023, 09:52:02 AM
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Begin Next Week in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6466)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Continue in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6474)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-279 Parkway North Traffic Counter Installation Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6475)
(For I-279) PennDOT - District 11 News: Outbound Fort Duquesne Bridge Overnight Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6477)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 30 E. Pittsburgh Street Nightly Lane Restrictions and Rolling Stoppages in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2173)
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 to Route 18 Ramp Improvements Begin Next Week in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6485)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 24, 2023, 09:07:56 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 18, 2023, 03:03:18 PM
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6456)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6472)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Continue Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6496)
(For PA 136) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Route 136 over Pollock Run Project in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2185)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Rolling Stoppages between Arnold City and Smithton Scheduled this Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2186)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Liberty Tunnel Overnight Inspections Continue Wednesday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6499)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 18 Closure Begins Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2187)
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Continue in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6500)
(For PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Thornburg Bridge Extended Closure this Weekend May 5-8 in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6501)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Bridge Work Thursday Night in Aleppo Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6503)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Traffic Stoppages Friday Morning in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6504)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on May 02, 2023, 09:28:50 AM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Rolling Stoppages between Arnold City and Smithton Scheduled this Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2186)
PennDOT - District 12 News: POSTPONED: Interstate 70 Rolling Stoppages between Arnold City and Smithton Scheduled this Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2188)
CE Expert System:
District 11: Charles Anderson Bridge (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852585c2004299d1?OpenDocument)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Public Meeting Announced for Interstate 70 Bentleyville to Belle Vernon Bridge Project, Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2191)
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Continue Next Week in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6509)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Lane Restriction Saturday in Kennedy Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6514)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Tuesday Night Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6518)
(For PA 201 and I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 201 Bridge Over Interstate 70 Reopened to Traffic in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2198)
PennDOT - District 12 News: UPDATE: Route 201 Bridge Over Interstate 70 Reopened to Traffic in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2199)
(For I-376 and PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Monaca/Shippingport Interchange Ramp Improvements Continue Wednesday in Potter Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6521)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 18 Remains Closed Due to Train Derailment in New Castle (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6525)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closures for Utility Work Begins Friday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6526)
(For I-279) PennDOT - District 11 News: Inbound Fort Duquesne Bridge Closures this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6527)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 2004 Freedom Crider Road Realignment Work Begins Monday in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6533)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Continue Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6534)
(For I-279 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Closed Monday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6535)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 30 and Route 3030 Overnight Lane Restrictions and Rolling Stoppages Scheduled Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2207)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound 10th Street Bypass Weekend Closure Begins Friday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6543)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Ramp to the Highland Park Bridge Reconstruction Begins Monday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6544)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Announces Virtual Plans Display for Interstate 70 Bentleyville to Belle Vernon Bridge Reconstruction Project in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2216)
QuoteA significant aspect of the project is the Lover Interchange (Exit 36), which is currently a half diamond. The Lover Interchange will be reconfigured to a full diamond interchange. In addition, Speers Interchange (Exit 39) and Charleroi/Allenport Interchange (Exit 40) acceleration & deceleration lanes will be improved. This project also includes improvements to drainage, guiderail, signing and pavement markings as well as Belle Vernon bridge preservation work.
(For PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 65 On-ramps to Southbound I-79 Reopen Friday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6545)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Ramp to 40th Street Bridge Overnight Closures Continue in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6546)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Reopened in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6550)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closures for Utility Work Sunday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6548)
(For US 22) PennDOT - District 12 News: Eastbound Route 22 William Penn Highway Lane Restriction Scheduled Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2223) (only posting this one because PA 576 got an upgrade :-o)
QuotePennDOT District 12 would like to inform motorists that a single-lane restriction is scheduled for next week on eastbound Route 22 (William Penn Highway) between the I-576 interchange in Robinson Township, Washington County and the Allegheny County line.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Tuesday, Wednesday Nights in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6559)
(For PA 380) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 380 Bigelow Boulevard Closure Continues Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6564)
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway West Traffic Counter Removal Thursday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6568)
(For PA 8) PennDOT - District 11 News: 62nd Street Bridge Sign Installation Work Thursday, Friday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6565)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Parkway East, Route 885 Daylight Traffic Stoppages Continue Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6571)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 Road Closure to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2236)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Tuesday Night Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6578)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 50 Washington Pike Bridge Extended Weekend Closure June 1-5 in Bridgeville, South Fayette (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6577)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Crossover Begins Saturday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6579)
(For PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Thornburg Bridge Closure this Weekend June 2-5 in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6581)
(For US 22 BUS (Monroeville)) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 2048 William Penn Highway/Business 22 Traffic Switch Begins Thursday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6583)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Friday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6584)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Steffin Hill Road Closure Begins Monday in Beaver County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6585)
(For PA 837) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 837 East Carson Street Weekend Closures for Utility Work Sunday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6587)
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Traffic Stoppages Scheduled this Thursday in Greene and Fayette Counties (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2246)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Forbes Avenue Ramp to the Birmingham Bridge Closure Begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6600)
CE Expert System:
District 11: PA 65, Country Club Bridge (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852586f7005638fa?OpenDocument)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Area to Close Monday in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6607)
(For PA 231) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 231 Closure to Begin Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2260)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Freeport Road Ramp to Route 28 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6615)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Closure Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6623)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 18 Closure for Railroad Repairs Next Week in New Castle (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6620)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6628)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Slippery Rock Interchange Ramp Paving Tonight in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6629)
(For PA 259) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 259 Coal Pit Road Closure to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2270)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 18 Closure for Railroad Repairs Next Week in New Castle (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6638)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Express Lane Closure Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6641)
CE Expert System:
District 12: PA 136 over Pollock Run (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258893006240f7?OpenDocument)
CE Expert System:
District 11: (also affects US 19, US 22, US 30, and PA 51) I-376/Banksville Interchange (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec85258742005e1d5c?OpenDocument)
QuoteThe project scope of work includes the following:
-Construct a new exit ramp from SR 376 EB to the SR 19/51 exit ramps.
o This new ramp will require a new structure over Banksville Road.
o A section of Banksville Road and the auxiliary lane between Banksville Road and the SR 19/51 exit ramp will be widened in order to place new concrete median barrier which will eliminate the weave movement through this area.
-Construct a new exit ramp from SR 19 EB (Banksville Road) to the SR 19/51 exit ramps. This ramp will merge with the new exit ramp from SR 376.
o This new ramp will involve cutting into the existing hillside on the right and will require retaining walls. This ramp will impact the existing Seldom Seen Greenway and involve a commercial business displacement.
-Construct an auxiliary lane from Ramp M (entrance ramp from SR 19/51 to SR 376 WB) to Ramp B (exit ramp from SR 376 WB to Parkway Center).
-Construct an auxiliary lane from the entrance ramp from Parkway Center to SR 376 EB to the proposed exit ramp at Banksville Road.
-Ramp E adjustments to the profile and superelevation will be completed to improve the existing substandard Ramp E vertical clearance. Vertical clearance being increased from 12'-11" to 15'-1".
-Additional work will consist of the following:
o Updates to overhead signing as needed.
o Possible removal/partial removal of the West Side Beltway Railroad Bridge (not historic).
o Construction of Post Construction Stormwater Management Facilities
o Pavement markings.
o ITS relocations if needed and potential updates.
o Dynamic Message Sign and several ITS cameras along Banksville Road between Potomac Avenue and the interchange.
o Full depth widening and paving as required along SR 376 and Banksville Road.
o Provide a pull-off area and backup space for overheight trucks that miss the newly constructed SR 19/51 exit ramp to get to the SR 19/51 Northbound exit ramp (Ramp B).
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Closure Scheduled Next Week in Greene County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2291)
A new feature on a Pittsburgh area highway - the Southern Expressway.
Opening in the Fall of 1992 - along with the new Midfield Terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport, the 7.5-mile long freeway is now part of Interstate 376.
Under a time crunch, the highway project took two years to complete and opened three weeks prior to the new terminal beginning operations. It was built at the end of a freeway building boom around Pittsburgh. The project also leveraged a few shelved plans - though not all of the old plans did or have made it to real pavement.
It is also the last non-tolled freeway/expressway project to open in the Pittsburgh area.
The full story can be found here:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2023/07/pittsburghs-southern-expressway-regions.html
Over the spring, I received a few new leads on the history of the unbuilt PA 48 freeway east of Pittsburgh. This included the first to my knowledge diagramed schematics of the Lincoln Way and Jacks Run/Center Road interchanges in White Oak Borough.
Much of the new information comes from a 1972 Environmental Impact Statement on the highway near McKeesport done by PennDOT.
Further detail on the plans to build the highway - the middle section from the Youghiogheny River to Pitcarin/Trafford Area was to be built first. Right-of-way acquisition for over 100 homes and 26 businesses was underway. An interchange at McClintock Road near White Oak County Park was removed.
From the drawings (shown from a different project) the White Oak interchange at Lincoln Way would not have been a cloverleaf.
The Northern Section - Pitcarin/Trafford to US 22 in Monroeville was under corridor selection.
It is suggested that the northern terminus of the freeway would have been about a mile east of the Pittsburgh Interchange (I-376/US 22) near where the former Burke Glen Park (now Levin Furniture and Sheetz).
The Southern Section from the Youghiogheny River to PA 51 in Southeastern Allegheny Count would be built last. Preliminary engineering was just started, as of 1972. It was estimated that roughly 100 homes would be taken in this section. With an estimated 80 homes being purchased in the Elizabeth Township Community of Boston.
(On a personal note - I grew up in Elizabeth Township, PA and this would have devastated the town of Boston along the Yough River.)
Link to the updated feature is below - and as always any new information or leads are welcomed.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/12/the-new-pa-48-unbuilt-eastern-allegheny.html
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Weekend Closure July 7-10 in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6658)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Closure this Weekend in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6659)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on June 30, 2023, 09:49:25 AM
(For PA 21) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Closure Scheduled Next Week in Greene County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2291)
PennDOT - District 12 News: RESCHEDULED: Route 21 Roy E. Furman Highway Closure in Greene County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2296)
(For US 119 and US 40) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 119 Ramp Closures Scheduled to Begin Next Week in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2298)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Closure July 12-16 in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6663)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 2007 State Street Scheduled to Close this Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2308)
CE Expert System:
District 12: PA 18/PA 21 Safety Improvements (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852589b9003d335a?OpenDocument) (This is on PA 21 just east of the PA 18/PA 21 Concurrency in Waynesburg.)
QuoteAdd a two way center left turn lane to alleviate accidents in the area.
(For PA 910) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 910 Bridge Replacement Starts Monday in Indiana Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6674)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Underpass at the New Kensington Bridge Closes Monday in East Deer (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6676)
(For I-279 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes to Close Early Friday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6677)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 13, 2023, 08:05:47 AM
CE Expert System:
District 12: PA 18/PA 21 Safety Improvements (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852589b9003d335a?OpenDocument) (This is on PA 21 just east of the PA 18/PA 21 Concurrency in Waynesburg.)
QuoteAdd a two way center left turn lane to alleviate accidents in the area.
There's a lot of water truck traffic for fracking through here. I'm sort of surprised they didn't just restripe and eliminate the shoulders, especially since the north side of the road already has a curb.
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6682)
(For I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Reopen in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6684)
CE Expert System: District 11: I-79 at PA 910 Interchange (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852586730045661b?OpenDocument)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Westbound Ramp Closures Begin Next Week in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6685)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 14, 2023, 04:15:24 PM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6682)
Northbound Boulevard of the Allies? I'm not sure I've ever driven northbound on it...
I'm assuming they mean westbound, because you sure as hell can't get from the Parkway to Allies going east, and most of 885 runs north-south southeast of the east end of the Blvd of the Allies. But still.
PennDOT - District 11 News: New Kensington Bridge Long-term Closure Begins Monday in East Deer and New Kensington (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6688)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 and Route 4054 La Belle Vue Road Closures Scheduled Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2325)
PennDOT - District 12 News: PennDOT Receives Regional AASHTO Awards for Fern Hollow Replacement, Westmoreland County Interchanges (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2326)
(For US 30) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 30 Temporary Stoppages Scheduled in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2327)
Quote from: Ketchup99 on July 17, 2023, 12:33:44 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 14, 2023, 04:15:24 PM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6682)
Northbound Boulevard of the Allies? I'm not sure I've ever driven northbound on it...
I'm assuming they mean westbound, because you sure as hell can't get from the Parkway to Allies going east, and most of 885 runs north-south southeast of the east end of the Blvd of the Allies. But still.
PA 885 is signed north/south, even though geographically it travels east-west here.
(For I-376/US 22/US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-376 Ramp Inspection Saturday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6693)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Concord Church Road Bridge Replacement Starts Monday in North Sewickley (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6695)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Closure Scheduled Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2332)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Ramp Closure Next Week in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6700)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 14, 2023, 04:15:24 PM
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6682)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Continue this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6708)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Ramp to Westbound I-376 Restrictions Start Wednesday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6709)
CE Expert System:
District 12:
PA 356 over Pine Run (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852589f10050cdb9?OpenDocument)
PA 711 Crawford Ave Bridge (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec852589f70064e991?OpenDocument)
(For PA 711) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 711 Rasler Run Bridge Preservation Scheduled Next Week in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2339)
(For PA 50) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 50 Washington Avenue Improvements Begin Wednesday in Carnegie (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6716)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Bridge Work Tuesday Night in Aleppo Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6718)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Weekend Closure August 4-7 in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6721)
CE Expert System:
District 11: I-279 at PA 65 (https://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/ceeamain03.nsf/18c042d1dacb327c85256c010051898b/85257fc4007728ec8525894900504617?OpenDocument)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Westbound Ramp Closure Begins Monday in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6728)
(For PA 8) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 8 Washington Boulevard to Highland Park Bridge Ramp Closure Tonight in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6729)
(For PA 981 and PA 819) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 and 819 Roundabout Construction Continues in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2343)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Rest Area to Close Monday in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6730)
(For I-79 and PA 51) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 51 Height Restrictions Implemented at I-79 in Robinson Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6731)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: PennDOT Reopens Northbound Route 28 after Rapid Response and Repairs (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6732)
(For I-79 and PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Overnight Ramp Paving Begins Monday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6733)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 28 Ramp Closure Begins Tonight in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6734)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Ramp to Southbound Route 28 Overnight Traffic Stoppages Wednesday, Thursday Nights in Sharpsburg (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6735)
(For I-79 and PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Overnight Ramp Paving Continues in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6737)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Wednesday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6739)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Ramp to Northbound Boulevard of the Allies Overnight Closures Continue in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6740)
(For I-79 and PA 60) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Tonight, Tomorrow Nights in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6743)
(For I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Overnight Ramp Paving Continues in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6745)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 03, 2023, 08:02:51 AM
(For PA 981 and PA 819) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 and 819 Roundabout Construction Continues in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2343)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 819 Closure and Route 981 Flagging Operations Extended in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2355)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Flagging Operations and Closure Scheduled to Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2356)
(For PA 51 and I-79) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 51 Ramp to Southbound I-79 Closure Monday Overnight in Robinson Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6759)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: 40th Street Bridge to Northbound Route 28 Overnight Ramp Closures Next Week in Millvale (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6760)
(For PA 18) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 18 Bridge Reopen in Spring Township, Crawford County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-1/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2150)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Interstate 70 Electric Facilities Installation Scheduled Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2368)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Bridge Work Wednesday Night in Aleppo Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6775)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Closure Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6778)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 over Pine Run Reopens Friday in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2370)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Bridge Work Friday Night in Aleppo Township
(https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6781)
(For PA 356) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 356 over Pine Run Reopened in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2375)
(For PA 28 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: Veterans Bridge Sign Installation Work Begins Monday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6783)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Tonight in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6789)
https://www.google.com/search?q=fort+pitt+tunel+emergency+exits+video&oq=fort+pitt+tunel+emergency+exits+video&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i10i160l2.15070j1j1&client=ms-android-cricket-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ef668a04,vid:wfTeNbr49vY
Here is an interesting video on the tunnel of all tunnels. Plus a myth resolved. There are no emergency tunnels for pedestrian traffic. Emergency exits only connect to the adjacent tubes. That's why both tubes are closed during an accident despite the other not effected.
^When I click the link, I get a brief Google search, but then Chrome is unsure of what do to. I presume that you had intended to link the specific video.
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Drainage Installation Begins This Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2385)
(For PA 271) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 271 Menoher Highway Pipe Work Begins Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2386)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 29, 2023, 11:51:21 AM
^When I click the link, I get a brief Google search, but then Chrome is unsure of what do to. I presume that you had intended to link the specific video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTeNbr49vY
Try this now.
^It is much better now. Thank you.
PennDOT - District 11 News: New Kensington Bridge Reopens in East Deer and New Kensington (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6798)
(For PA 331) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 331 Brush Run Road Bridge Replacement Begins Next Week in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2391)
(For I-79 and PA 65) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Overnight Closure Friday Night in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6803)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Area Closures Extended in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6806)
(For I-376 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Ramp to Westbound I-376 Restrictions Long-term Closure Starts Monday in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6807)
(For I-279) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-279 Parkway North Overnight Lane Restrictions Next Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6808)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Overnight Ramp Closures Friday, Saturday in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6809)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Traffic Stoppages Saturday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6811)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 Overnight Lane Restrictions Next Week in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6817)
(For I-279 and I-579) PennDOT - District 11 News: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Closure Underway in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6819)
(For PA 885 and I-376) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Weekend Ramp Closure September 15-18 in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6820)
(For PA 588) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 588 Concord Church Road Bridge Weekend Closure in North Sewickley (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6829)
(For PA 791) PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 791 Rodi Road Gas Line Installation this Week in Penn Hills (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6835)
(For I-376, US 22, US 30, and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Boulevard of the Allies to Eastbound I-376 Overnight Ramp Closures Resume Tuesday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6836)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-279 Parkway North Overnight Lane Restrictions this Week in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6842)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Westbound Ramp Reopens in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6844)
(For PA 837 and PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 837 to Southbound Route 885 Ramp Restriction Extended in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6845)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Delafield Avenue Ramp Closures Monday Morning in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6855)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Paving Operations Next Week in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6856)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Freeport Road Underpass at the New Kensington Bridge Reopened in East Deer Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6857)
(For PA 981)PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Flagging Operations Begin Monday in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2413)
(For US 30)PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 30 Intermittent Overnight Stoppages Begin Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2414)
PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 3030 E. Pittsburgh Street New Traffic Pattern Begins Tomorrow in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2415)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Sewickley Bridge Repair Tuesday Morning in Moon Township (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6861)
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 18, 2022, 02:49:49 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 17, 2022, 11:07:11 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 17, 2022, 10:45:20 PM
Seems that there are going to be adding traffic lights to the 'middle' of the Highland Park Bridge connector here in Pittsburgh. That will be weird for sure.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2022/03/27/highland-park-bridge-route-28-penndot-ramp-closure-traffic-disruptions/stories/202203250107
QuoteThe project also will change the configuration of traffic entering the bridge to eliminate a dangerous merge for northbound traffic. And traffic signals will be installed where Freeport Road traffic merges onto the bridge to head south and on Freeport Road at the ramp just past Western Avenue in Aspinwall that takes traffic to a merge point on the bridge and then onto Route 28.
Well that ends any slim chance to convince me to add the Highland Park Bridge to usasf in Travel Mapping.
Yep, here's the proof:
https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/PublicMeetings/AlleghenyCounty/Documents/28_HPI_Roll_Plot_Mar20-Final%20Design%20(1).pdf
From: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/ConstructionsProjectsAndRoadwork/AlleghenyCountyConstruction/Pages/HighlandParkInterchangeProject.aspx
Those new traffic lights are now visible in StreetView.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/d7xboAFa8jKuXcvZA
(For PA 885) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 885 Boulevard of the Allies Weekend Closure September 29-October 2 in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6869)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Highland Park Bridge Ramps Reopened Today in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6870)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Public Meeting Announced for Arnold City Interchange in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2423)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Sewickley Bridge Repair Tonight in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6871)
(Also for US 22 and US 30) PennDOT - District 11 News: Eastbound I-376 Ramp to Forbes Avenue/Oakland Nightly Closure Begins Thursday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6881)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3014 McKees Rocks Bridge Westbound Ramp Reopens in McKees Rocks (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6884)
(For PA 981) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 981 Temporary Traffic Signal Begins Next Week in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2429)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-79 Local Lane Closure Thursday Overnight in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6891)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Sewickley Bridge Weekend Closure in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6893)
(For I-70 EB to I-79 SB) PennDOT - District 12 News: TRAFFIC ALERT: Eastbound Interstate 70 Exit 21 Closed in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2437)
Hopefully, nothing else comes out in regard to this one.
QuotePennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is advising eastbound Interstate 70, Exit 21 ramp for southbound Interstate 79 (Morgantown, WV) is closed today for shoulder stabilization.
Already done:
(For I-70 EB to I-79 SB) PennDOT - District 12 News: FINALIZED TRAFFIC ALERT: Eastbound Interstate 70 Exit 21 Reopened in Washington County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2439)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Area Closures Extended in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6914)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Smithfield Street Bridge Phase Change Begins Monday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6925)
PennDOT - District 11 News: I-79 Rest Areas Reopened in Lawrence County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=6927)
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Virtual Plans Display Unveiled for Arnold City Interchange in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2455)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 23, 2023, 05:43:54 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Virtual Plans Display Unveiled for Arnold City Interchange in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2455)
Good to see more work getting done on I-70. Little by little, it's becoming a highway worth its Interstate designation. (The hardest parts will be near the rivers.)
Quote from: Gnutella on October 27, 2023, 10:33:11 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 23, 2023, 05:43:54 PM
(For I-70) PennDOT - District 12 News: Virtual Plans Display Unveiled for Arnold City Interchange in Westmoreland County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2455)
Good to see more work getting done on I-70. Little by little, it's becoming a highway worth its Interstate designation. (The hardest parts will be near the rivers.)
Not sure there is an easy way to redo the Mon River crossing given the tight interchanges and the topography on both sides of the river
Photos of the Mon-Fayette Expressway including construction at the PA 51 Interchange in Large.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamontheroad/albums/72177720312870175
(Includes detour for PA 711) PennDOT - District 12 News: Virtual Plans Display Unveiled for Crawford Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation Project in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2487)
Massive wreck last night in the 'Inbound' Liberty Tunnel caused by a truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN90f6aekvw
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound Route 28 to Open to Two Lanes at the Highland Park Bridge Interchange Today in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7014)
(For PA 28) PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound Route 28 Opened to Two Lanes at the Highland Park Bridge Interchange Today in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7022)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Liberty Avenue Ramp to I-376 to Close Saturday Night in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7024)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Grand Avenue On-ramp to Northbound I-79 Closure Extended Through Early January in Allegheny County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7025)
(For PA 711) PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 711 Crawford Avenue/McCray Robb Bridge Closes Tuesday in Fayette County (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-12/pages/details.aspx?newsid=2497)
I think N. Shore Destinations is my new favorite control city. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817554749816&set=a.10219817649832193)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449617724_55e3dd36e8_c.jpg)
This is used on the turnpike at the Monroeville exit also
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3psmbb6nV6KHbCqX7?g_st=ic (https://maps.app.goo.gl/3psmbb6nV6KHbCqX7?g_st=ic)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on January 07, 2024, 03:25:46 PM
I think N. Shore Destinations is my new favorite control city. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817554749816&set=a.10219817649832193)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449617724_55e3dd36e8_c.jpg)
When it was just Three Rivers Stadium, they just listed that and the Carnegie Science Center. Once the two new stadiums were built, they changed that. I wish they just said "North Shore Stadiums" (some may argue that leaves out Carnegie Science Center and the casino, but I think the focus was always the sports stadiums).
Quote from: tylert120 on January 07, 2024, 10:37:54 PM
This is used on the turnpike at the Monroeville exit also
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3psmbb6nV6KHbCqX7?g_st=ic (https://maps.app.goo.gl/3psmbb6nV6KHbCqX7?g_st=ic)
I've never noticed this one... but this might be my favorite highway sign ever :)
Obviously, someone coming from the west will skip the I-376 exit, pass by I-79, only to get on the Parkway East in Monroeville so that they can loop back around to the North Shore...
Liberty Tunnel hits 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFtS4q0-4Lo
NTSB is out with an overview of the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge back in 2022.
PennDOT - District 11 News: Northbound I-79 Crossover Begins Saturday in Allegheny County
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a traffic crossover on northbound Interstate 79 in Kennedy, Robinson, and Neville townships, and Glenfield Borough in Allegheny County will begin Saturday, March 16 weather permitting.
A northbound crossover on I-79 will be implemented at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday to allow crews to begin median widening and roadway reconstruction work. To accommodate this work, the following traffic configuration and restrictions will occur:
The left lane of northbound I-79 will be crossed over into the southbound lanes between the Route 60 Crafton/Moon Run (Exit 60) interchange and the southern end of the Neville Island Bridge. This is the EXPRESS lane. All traffic using this lane will not have access to the Route 51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64) exit. Northbound express lane traffic will be crossed back over before the Neville Island Bridge.
The right lane of northbound I-79 will remain in place. This is the LOCAL lane. Access to the Route 51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64) exit must be made from the local lane. Traffic will be shifted slightly onto the shoulder for additional space for the crews to work.
Two lanes of traffic will be maintained on southbound I-79. A barrier will separate the southbound lanes and the crossed over northbound lane.
Emergency pull-off areas will be implemented in various locations through the work zone. Six pull-off areas will be implemented in the southbound lanes, six in the northbound express lane, and seven in the northbound local lane.
The northbound crossover will remain in place continuously through late-November.
To prepare for the crossover, single-lane restrictions will occur on northbound I-79 from 7 p.m. Friday until the crossover is implemented by approximately 7 p.m. Saturday. Additionally, the northbound on and off-ramps at the Route 51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64) interchange will close to traffic from 7 p.m. Friday continuously through 11 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Ramp traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
Northbound I-79 to Route 51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64)
Head north on I-79 past the closed ramp
Take the Neville Island (Exit 65) exit
Turn left onto Grand Avenue
Continue across the Coraopolis Bridge to Route 51
End Detour
Route 51 to Northbound I-79
From the closed ramp, head northbound on Route 51
Turn right onto the Coraopolis Bridge
Continue along Grand Avenue
Take the ramp to northbound I-79 towards Erie
End Detour
These restrictions will be in place to allow crews to work in preparation for the traffic crossover anticipated for Saturday evening, the crossover could begin earlier if preparatory work is completed sooner.
Northbound I-79 lanes will be reduced to 11-foot widths continuously through mid-November 2024. Southbound I-79 lanes were reduced to 11-foot widths on March 2. Oversized loads will not be permitted through the work zone.
While the crossover is in place, crews will conduct bridge rehabilitation work on the northbound structures over Route 51 and Clever Road in half-widths. This work includes bridge deck replacement, approach slab work, bearing pad and expansion dam replacement, substructure concrete repairs, and downspout upgrades
This work is part of the $43.9 million I-79 "S-Bend" Project that includes full-depth pavement reconstruction, bridge preservation work on five mainline structures (I-79 northbound and southbound over Clever Road, I-79 northbound and southbound over Route 51, and the Neville Island Bridge). Additionally, there will be milling and paving of three ramps at the Route 51 (Coraopolis/McKees Rocks) interchange. The project also includes guiderail replacement, highway lighting and signing upgrades, new pavement markings and delineation, and other miscellaneous construction work.
The prime contractor is Lindy Paving, Inc. Work on this project will be coordinated with other projects in the area.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Nicole Haney, 412-429-5011
PennDOT - District 11 News: Route 3104 McKees Rocks Bridge Next Phase Begins Monday Night in McKees Rocks
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the next phase of the Route 3104 McKees Rocks Bridge Preservation project in McKees Rocks Borough, Allegheny County will begin Monday night, March 18 weather permitting.
Starting at 6 p.m. Monday night, the McKees Rocks Bridge will enter the next phase of work. Traffic will continue to utilize a single-lane on the bridge in each direction, however the travel lanes will be switched to the opposite side of the bridge. This new phase will guide both directions of traffic through the eastbound lanes.
The entire traffic switch will not be complete until 7 a.m. Monday, March 25. During this time crews will need to reset temporary barrier and conduct line painting operations, requiring nighttime intermittent traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. During the stoppages, flaggers will assist motorists through the work zone as needed.
The $38.6 million McKees Rocks Bridge preservation project extends between Route 51 (Island Avenue) and Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) and includes sidewalk replacement, sidewalk support steel repairs, sidewalk railing painting, full-depth concrete pavement reconstruction of the road and two ramps at Helen Street, ADA curb ramp installation, approach pavement work at intersections of Routes 65 and 51, barrier replacement and upgrade, deck overhang and spall repair, railroad fencing installation, and other miscellaneous construction. As work occurs, traffic will be reduced to a single lane in each direction. The overall project is anticipated to conclude in the fall of 2025.
The Brayman Construction Corporation and Advantage Steel and Construction, LLC are the prime contractor.
To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for the McKees Rocks Bridge preservation including traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to ymanyisha@pa.gov. Please write "Subscribe – McKees Rocks Bridge" 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.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.
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.
Follow PennDOT on Twitter and like the department on Facebook and Instagram.
Contact: Yasmeen Manyisha, ymanysha@pa.gov
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 16, 2024, 12:02:36 AM
Liberty Tunnel hits 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFtS4q0-4Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZV9I3DqvuA
Upcoming major projects in WPa.
Seeing that PennDOT is commencing work on the Parkway East commercial street Bridge this year, is there any indication that it might be wider in median or shoulders than the exsiting bridge?
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Anticipated to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7092)
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Closed Due to Expected Flooding in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7098)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 02, 2024, 04:34:57 PMPennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Anticipated to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7092)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Southbound I-279 to Eastbound I-376 Interstate Connector Ramp Reopened in Pittsburgh (https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-11/pages/details.aspx?newsid=7114)
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Bathtub Area Reopened
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the "bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has reopened to traffic.
The "bathtub" area of the Parkway East, located between the Grant Street exit and Fort Pitt Bridge, closed to traffic on Wednesday due to flooding. The roadway was reopened at approximately 11.45 a.m. along with the ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376 and the ramp from the Boulevard of the Allies to westbound I-376.
PennDOT crews pumped the water and cleaned mud and debris from the area once the river receded prior to the roadway reopening.
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Reopens in Pittsburgh
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing that the 10th Street Bypass (Route 2128) between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and the Fort Duquesne Bridge/I-279 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has reopened to traffic. The roadway was previously closed due to flooding.
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Closed Due to Expected Flooding in Pittsburgh
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that the 10th Street Bypass (Route 2128) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has closed to traffic due to anticipated flooding.
The 10th Street Bypass closed this morning between I-279 Parkway North/Fort Duquesne Bridge and Fort Duquesne Boulevard due to expected flooding. Additionally, the ramps from northbound and southbound I-279 to the 10th Street Bypass are closed.
All traffic will be detoured. Motorists should use Fort Duquesne Boulevard to detour around the closure. Motorists on I-279 should use the ramps to Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that the "Bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will close due to expected flooding today, Friday, April 12.
The "Bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) is anticipated to close to traffic at approximately 12 p.m. Friday. In the event of faster rising levels of water, the corridor will close to traffic earlier. All traffic approaching this section of I-376, located between Grant Street and the Fort Pitt Bridge, will be detoured.
Posted Detour
From westbound I-376, traffic will take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) off-ramp
Turn left onto Fort Pitt Boulevard
Bear left onto the westbound I-376 ramp toward Fort Pitt Bridge/Airport
End detour
In addition to westbound I-376, the following ramps will close to traffic:
Ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376
Ramp from Fifth Avenue/Boulevard of the Allies to west near Oakland
Access from Point State Park to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Stanwix Street to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Market Street to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Wood Street to eastbound I-376
Additionally, the ramp carrying traffic from the Fort Duquesne Bridge on southbound I-279 to eastbound I-376, commonly referred to as the "Interstate Connector", will also close at approximately 12 p.m. Friday.
Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
Take southbound I-279 to the Fort Pitt Bridge/westbound I-376
Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
Take the Banksville Road/Route 19 (Exit 69A) exit
Keep left and loop back to eastbound I-376, following signs for Uniontown/Route51
Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
Stay in the right-hand lane and follow signs to eastbound I-376/Monroeville
End detour
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 12, 2024, 10:19:26 AMPennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East to Close Due to Potential Flooding in Pittsburgh
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that the "Bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will close due to expected flooding today, Friday, April 12.
The "Bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) is anticipated to close to traffic at approximately 12 p.m. Friday. In the event of faster rising levels of water, the corridor will close to traffic earlier. All traffic approaching this section of I-376, located between Grant Street and the Fort Pitt Bridge, will be detoured.
Posted Detour
From westbound I-376, traffic will take the Grant Street (Exit 71A) off-ramp
Turn left onto Fort Pitt Boulevard
Bear left onto the westbound I-376 ramp toward Fort Pitt Bridge/Airport
End detour
In addition to westbound I-376, the following ramps will close to traffic:
Ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376
Ramp from Fifth Avenue/Boulevard of the Allies to west near Oakland
Access from Point State Park to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Stanwix Street to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Market Street to eastbound I-376
Ramp from Wood Street to eastbound I-376
Additionally, the ramp carrying traffic from the Fort Duquesne Bridge on southbound I-279 to eastbound I-376, commonly referred to as the "Interstate Connector", will also close at approximately 12 p.m. Friday.
Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
Take southbound I-279 to the Fort Pitt Bridge/westbound I-376
Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
Take the Banksville Road/Route 19 (Exit 69A) exit
Keep left and loop back to eastbound I-376, following signs for Uniontown/Route51
Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel
Stay in the right-hand lane and follow signs to eastbound I-376/Monroeville
End detour
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, stcowan@pa.gov
PennDOT - District 11 News: Westbound I-376 Parkway East Bathtub Area Reopened
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the "bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has reopened to traffic.
The "bathtub" area of the Parkway East, located between the Grant Street exit and Fort Pitt Bridge, closed to traffic on Friday due to flooding. The roadway was reopened at approximately 8:15 p.m. along with the ramp from Grant Street to westbound I-376 and the ramp from the Boulevard of the Allies to westbound I-376.
PennDOT crews pumped the water and cleaned mud and debris from the area once the river receded prior to the roadway reopening.
Additionally, the ramp from southbound I-279 to eastbound I-376, commonly referred to as the Interstate Connector, has reopened to traffic.
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010
PennDOT - District 11 News: 10th Street Bypass Reopens in Pittsburgh
QuotePittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing that the 10th Street Bypass (Route 2128) between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and the Fort Duquesne Bridge/I-279 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has reopened to traffic. The roadway was previously closed due to flooding.
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 X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010