PennDOT monitoring Parkway East detour routes from real-time traffic center
PennDOT is utilizing its Western Regional Traffic Management Center to stay one step ahead of trouble on detour routes during the closure of the Parkway East.
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PennDOT is utilizing its Western Regional Traffic Management Center to stay one step ahead of trouble on detour routes during the closure of the Parkway East.
A major, nearly monthlong closure of Pittsburgh's Parkway East is underway, detouring hundreds of thousands of drivers.
During the Parkway East closure, PennDOT is encouraging drivers to use a website that provides updates on how traffic is flowing around the I-376 detours.
Here are the 376 closure detour routes during the Parkway East bridge project.
A company from the Netherlands that specializes in moving heavy things will be moving the 22 million pound bridge a few feet at a time.
With a major road like the Parkway East closed, time is precious and PennDOT says they won't waste a second.
The new website, which is part of PennDOT's 511PA system, will show real-time drive times for each detour route to get people around the closure.
The Parkway East will be closed for 25 days starting this coming Friday night for the replacement of the Commercial Street Bridge.
The closing of the Parkway is just four days away and much of PennDOT's efforts right now are centered on removing construction material from detour routes.
PennDOT crews found that a large portion of the bridge over I-79 had deteriorated, taking it down to one lane.
The orange signs are out, and closures have officially started for the Commercial Street Bridge project.
Commercial Street will be shut down on Monday and will remain closed until early August.
Crews performed a major test for the upcoming replacement of the Commercial Street bridge on the Parkway East.
A new study from PennDOT will look at potential new uses for the HOV lanes on the Parkway North.
Angst and a little anger are building over the upcoming closure of the Parkway East.
The closure of the Parkway East from the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to the Edgewood-Swissvale exit begins in one month.
PennDOT said they are working toward a temporary fix to get the message boards and cameras back online.
A series of car crashes over the years along a stretch of Route 51 in Fayette County has some residents and a township calling for change.
The closing of the Parkway East for the replacement of the Commercial Street Bridge is now 35 days away.
Law enforcement will now be able to issue tickets to people who are using cell phones behind the wheel in Pennsylvania.
Rt. 19 will be closed between Boyce Road and McLaughlin Run Road so that the Country Club Drive Bridge can be demolished.
The Stanwix Street barrier onto the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East is scarred with the misadventures of a number of drivers over time.
For 25 days this summer, the Parkway East will be shut down as they replace the Commercial Street Bridge.
Here's what PennDOT will be discussing tonight during a public meeting about the replacement of the Commercial Street Bridge.
PennDOT said it's working with PRT on a plan similar to how the Football Flyer buses were used during the NFL draft.
