PennDOT District 11 is announcing the closure of the 62nd Street Bridge (Route 8) in the southbound direction in Etna Borough and the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will occur Friday night, August 22 through Monday morning, August 25 weather permitting.
A full closure of the 62nd Street Bridge in the southbound direction will occur from 9 p.m. Friday night continuously through 5 a.m. Monday morning to allow crews to conduct concrete repairs, mast arm foundation installation, and overhead sign repair work. Southbound traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
- From southbound Route 8, take the ramp to Kittanning Street in Etna
- Turn right onto Kittanning Street
- Turn left onto Butler Street
- Turn left onto Freeport Street
- Turn right onto Bridge Street
- Turn right onto the ramp to South 28 toward Pittsburgh
- From southbound Route 28, take the left-hand ramp to 40th Street Bridge/Lawrenceville (Exit 3A)
- Cross the 40th Street Bridge
- Turn left onto Butler Street
- Follow Butler Street back to the 62nd Street Bridge
- End detour
Traffic in the northbound direction will not be impacted this weekend.
A second weekend closure of the 62nd Street Bridge in the southbound direction is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of September 5-8. Additional details will be provided in advance of the work. The first northbound closure of the bridge is slated for the weekend of September 12-15.
This $9.14 million project located in the City of Pittsburgh, Etna Borough, and Shaler Township began in August 2024 with inlet improvements on Route 8 (Butler Street). The project is located between Baker Street and the 62nd Street Bridge in the southern portion of the limits and includes milling and resurfacing, retaining wall repairs, and the installation of a barrier to separate travel lanes from a future shared-use path. The northern limits of the project are between the 62nd Street Bridge and Saxonburg Boulevard and includes concrete pavement restoration and preservation work on two structures carrying Route 8 over Pine Creek. Additional work throughout the project includes sign and signal upgrades, guide rail updates, drainage work, ADA curb ramp updates, pavement markings/delineation installation, and other miscellaneous construction. The majority of work will be completed under short-term single-lane closures during off-peak daylight, overnight, and weekend hours. However, there will be three separate one-way detours of the 62nd Street Bridge in 2025, a weekend detour of Saxonburg Boulevard at the intersection with Route 8, and a detour for the reconstruction of the ramp carrying Route 28 southbound traffic onto northbound Route 8. The project is anticipated to conclude late in 2025.
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