Travel Advisory

    November 8, 2019

 

PA Turnpike Closing Overnight Between Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Interchanges
Five-hour, eastbound-only closure needed Nov. 10 for bridge beam erection.

 

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission advises motorists traveling eastbound that the PA Turnpike will be closed between the Allegheny Valley, Exit #48, and Pittsburgh, Exit #57, interchanges starting at 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 9 until 5 a.m. on Nov. 10, weather permitting.

This five-hour, eastbound-only closure is needed so crews can safely finish erecting bridge beams for a new bridge that will replace Saltsburg Road Bridge, which carries traffic over the Turnpike at milepost 53.6 in Plum Borough, Allegheny County.

Throughout the evening prior to the closure, announcements will be made inside the Oakmont Service Plaza warning customers that they will not be permitted to continue driving after 11 p.m. on Nov. 9.

Turnpike motorists traveling westbound in this area will be restricted to a single lane during the closure.

Drivers on the Turnpike heading eastbound will be given the following suggested detour:

Exit at Allegheny Valley Interchange and travel:
• Freeport Road (1 mile) to
• State Route 910 west (.5 mile) to
• State Route 28 south (12 miles) to
• I-579 south Veterans Bridge (.5 mile) to
• I-376 east (14.2 miles) to Exit 15
• Reenter I-76 at the Pittsburgh Interchange, Exit 57
• Follow signs to Harrisburg and east.

During the closure, expect higher traffic volumes on detour roads. Message boards will be in place to inform customers of the closure.

Traffic on the current Saltsburg Road Bridge will be restricted to a single lane with flaggers directing motorists throughout the closure.

For more information on this future total reconstruction project between milepost 53 and 57 go to https://www.patpconstruction.com/mp53to57/construction.aspx .

How to get help:
For emergencies
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is ready to provide support to all Turnpike motorists who need
emergency assistance 24/7, 365 days a year. If you are in an accident, stay in your vehicle
and call *11 on a cell phone to alert the PA Turnpike Operations Center to your location and
need for assistance.

Learn more about what to do in an emergency:
https://www.paturnpike.com/travel/what_todo_emergency.aspx

For travel conditions
Road conditions are constantly changing, so the PA Turnpike wants to make sure you are
informed before you head out the door as well as while traveling.
TRIPTalk — free, travel-alert app; download at
https://www.paturnpike.com/travel/trip_talk.aspx
Travel Conditions Map — live, interactive conditions map; view at
https://www.paturnpike.com/webmap
Waze — a crowd-sourced navigation app that provides real-time conditions; download
at https://www.waze.com

 
CONTACT:

Sue Jones
Phone: 724 755-5178