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Traffic Alert: PennDOT Has a Busy Weekend Planned

Don't head out this weekend before reading Patch's orange cone alert.

Richard Cook, Neighbor
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Update: Work on Banksville Road has been postponed because of expected rainy weather.

A warning for all and drivers, several major roads will be either closed, or traffic restricted this weekend, according to PennDOT.

Parkway East 
Squirrel Hill Tunnel Rehabilitation

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Traffic in the inbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel on the Parkway East will be restricted to a single lane from 9 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday for tunnel rehabilitation work.

I-579/Crosstown Boulevard/Veterans Bridge
Ramp/bridge improvements

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The southbound I-579 Veterans Bridge will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. Friday through approximately 6 a.m. on Monday for expansion dam replacement and resurfacing. In addition, the ramp from the inbound (northbound) Liberty Bridge to northbound I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) will be closed to allow crews to continue wall rehabilitation.  

Route 28
Wall construction

Southbound (inbound) Route 28 will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. on Friday through 6 p.m. on Saturday between the former Millvale Industrial Park location and the East Ohio Street exit. The right lane will be closed as crews continue wall construction.

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