[SCA-BMDL] Fwd: Road closures and delays March 1

[Sir Koredono]

Hi everyone


This was just pointed out to me, and it will affect *everyone* planning 
on taking 376 to get to the event tomorrow, as well as others who live 
in that area as well.


The full story is online at 
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08060/861360-100.stm, but the gist is:

Beginning at 7 am tomorrow, "for up to 3 hours", the Parkway 
East/I-376, Second Avenue and the Boulevard of Allies in both 
directions. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation also will 
shut down Forbes Avenue, which is one-way outbound toward Oakland, and 
Brady Street, a city street to and from Second Avenue.

The traffic stoppages will be implemented as a precautionary measure 
while workers use two dozen heavy-duty hydraulic jacks to adjust and 
reposition the 150-foot-long southbound span that came loose and 
dropped about 8 inches in the middle of the night of Feb. 8.

Tomorrow morning, the Parkway East closure will be between Grant Street 
(Exit 1) and Bates Street (Exit 3) in both directions.

Generally, westbound traffic will be detoured at Wilkinsburg, including 
Swissvale and Squirrel Hill traffic that will be sent outbound to get 
off at Wilkinsburg and circle back. Then drivers will be detoured onto 
Fifth Avenue to Downtown to re-enter the parkway westbound at Grant 
Street.

Eastbound traffic from the Parkway West/I-279 will be sent to Route 28 
north to the Highland Park Bridge to Route 8 south to Route 130 to the 
Parkway East or to Route 28 to Route 910 to Freeport Road to the 
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Monroeville.

Eastbound traffic from I-279 south and from Routes 65, 51 and 19 will 
be sent through the Liberty Tunnels to I-579 north to Bigelow Bouelvard 
to Baum Boulevard to Penn Avenue to Route 8 south to return to the 
Parkway East.