Temporary Closures Of Parkway East Coming In November
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works has announced the following updates regarding the Beechwood Boulevard (Greenfield) Bridge replacement project.
Parkway East inbound and outbound lanes will be closed to all traffic on the following dates:
Friday November 4, at 10 p.m. until Monday, November 7 at 6:00 a.m.
• Placement of the steel arches and decking over the Parkway East. If the weekend is successful, both steel arches will be in place by Monday, November 7.
Saturday, November 19, at Midnight (early morning hours of Saturday, following Light Up Night celebrations downtown Friday) until 6:00 a.m. Monday, November 21
• Placement of the remaining steel elements
"So we're going to totally close the Parkway for two weekend to allow the contractor to get in and fully erect the steel for the arch," said Pittsburgh Operations Chief Guy Costa. "We didn't want to do it during a Steeler game, the one weekend there is a Pitt game and we felt like we can work with that."
Maps of the official detours are available here: Westbound Detour, Eastbound Detour
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