PennDOT To Close Squirrel Hill Tunnel Outbound This Weekend
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- There's a new traffic alert if you're planning on traveling around town this weekend.
PennDOT has announced plans to close the outbound side of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
The closure is scheduled to start on Friday at 10 p.m. and continue through 6 a.m. Monday.
Crews will be paving, cleaning, replacing tile, installing water lines and doing other construction work.
The last time PennDOT closed part of the tunnel, it caused major delays.
But PennDOT officials say signs will be posted to guide drivers around the closure.
Here are the suggested detours --
Daylight detour (6 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
- Exit at Squirrel Hill (Exit 74)
- Make left onto Forward Avenue
- Continue taking slight right and stay on Forward Avenue
- Left onto Beechwood Boulevard
- Right onto Forbes Avenue
- Right onto South Braddock Avenue
- End detour at outbound Parkway East on-ramp
Night detour (8 p.m. to 6 a.m.)
- Exit at Squirrel Hill (Exit 74)
- Make left onto Forward Avenue
- Continue slight left/straight onto Murray Avenue
- Right onto Forbes Avenue
- Right onto South Braddock Avenue
- End detour at outbound Parkway East on-ramp
PennDOT also suggests this alternative route:
- From eastbound I-376, take the Forbes Avenue (Exit 72A) to Oakland
- Continue on Forbes Avenue through Oakland
- Make left onto South Bellafield Avenue
- Make right onto Fifth Avenue
- Continue east on Fifth Avenue
- Make right onto Penn Avenue (Route 380/8)
- Continue through Wilkinsburg
- Access Parkway East in Forest Hills
Meanwhile, the Liberty Tunnel outbound will be closed starting tonight for more repairs.
It will close at 8 p.m. and will re-open at 6 a.m. Thursday morning.
The tunnel will then be closed again Thursday night, and Friday night as well. The closure will be in place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on those nights.
Crews will be doing line painting and sign installation.
But there is good news concerning the inbound side of the Liberty Tubes, it should reopen on Friday.
Outbound Posted Detour:
- Make right onto PJ McArdle Roadway
- Continue straight onto Merrimac Street to Woodruff Street
- Turn right onto Woodruff Street
- Follow Woodruff Street to Route 51/19 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
- Make left onto Route 51/19 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard) and follow back to Route 19 (West Liberty Avenue)
- End detour
Outbound alternate detour:
- Use Fort Pitt Tunnel or West End to Route 51
Also, on Saturday, PennDOT is planning a single lane closure on southbound Route 28. Crews will be paving between the Fox Chapel Road and the Route 8 interchanges.
The lane closure will occur from 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All ramps will remain open.
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