Snow won't stop closure of inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel for ceiling work

February 20, 2015 1:56 PM Share with others:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PennDOT will go ahead with this weekend's planned closure of the inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel despite a forecast of snow on Saturday.

The tunnel will close at 10 tonight and is not scheduled to reopen until 6 a.m. Monday as crews continue removing the tunnel ceiling. Traffic will detour through the West End.

Port Authority will open the Wabash Tunnel to inbound traffic as an alternate route from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The tunnel can be reached by exiting the Parkway West to Route 51 south and turning left at Woodruff Street.

PennDOT also plans to close the Parkway West in both directions between Interstate 79 and Green Tree on Monday night for installation of an overhead sign structure, weather permitting. The closure will begin at 10 p.m. and the highway will reopen by 6 a.m. Tuesday.

A full overnight closure also is possible on Tuesday night depending upon how the Monday work proceeds, spokesman Steve Cowan said.

Also planned to begin on Monday are overnight single-lane closures in the inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel, which will occur on weeknight through the end of the year. The restrictions will be in place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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Snow won't stop closure of inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel for ceiling work