The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is announcing a closure of Chestnut Street in Edgewood Borough, Allegheny County will begin Monday, August 17 weather permitting.
Starting at approximately 6:00 AM Monday, an around-the-clock closure of Chestnut Street between Elm Street and Aberdeen Street will occur through mid-September as crews conduct barrier, superstructure, fence, handrails, and sidewalk repairs to the structure that carries Chestnut Street over I-376. Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
From south of the closure
- From Chestnut Street turn onto Gordon Street
- Turn right onto Edgewood Avenue
- Turn right onto Elm Street
- End detour
From north of the closure
Elm Street, which is currently a one-way road, will be temporarily reconfigured to two-way traffic for local access only. Drivers wanting to access Chestnut Street from Elm Street will utilize the following detour:
- From Elm Street continue to Edgewood Avenue
- Turn left onto Edgewood Avenue
- Turn left onto Oakview Avenue
- Continue to Chestnut Street
- End detour
The $100 million I-376 (Parkway East) betterment project will resurface the interstate and interchange ramps from the beginning of the Commercial Street Bridge in Edgewood Borough to the Monroeville (Exit 80) interchange in the Municipality of Monroeville. Additionally, bridge preservation to 20 structures including painting, approach slab replacement, concrete repairs, and other miscellaneous construction activities along with extensive drainage updates and a full concrete median barrier replacement. Safety improvements including a full highway lighting replacement from the Edgewood (Exit 77) to the PA Turnpike interchanges are included in this project. During the project, travelers can expect overnight and weekend lane restrictions on I-376 as well as short-term and long-term full closures of the interchange ramps. This project will be coordinated with other I-376 projects. The overall project is anticipated to conclude in the late fall of 2027. The Trumbull Corporation is the primary contractor.
To help keep travelers informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for Parkway East traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to ymanyisha@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – Parkway East” in the subject line.
Updates can also be found on the I-376 Edgewood to Churchill webpage, by following PennDOT’s regional X page @511PAPittsburgh or joining the Greater Pittsburgh Area PennDOT Facebook group.
Travelers can check conditions on major roads by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,200 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.
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