Category: Announcements || By Submitted Report

McKeesport and West Mifflin area commuters who use the Glenwood Bridge to get to Pittsburgh have some major headaches coming their way.

Beginning Wednesday (Jan. 21), Route 885 outbound from Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood will be closed for nearly five months so that a sewer line can be relocated, said Steve Cowan, district spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

The work is part of an ongoing $11.18 million reconstruction of the Glenwood Bridge interchange in Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood.

The work has already resulted in traffic delays and intermittent lane restrictions. Beginning next week, Route 885 will be closed for 140 days between Doerrville Avenue (the former Hays School) and Lebanon Road (the Hays Moose lodge).

Motorists who want to receive email updates should send a message to Cowan at stcowan@pa.gov, and put the words "Subscribe - Route 885" in the subject line.

The work also will force a detour for Port Authority buses on the "56 McKeesport via Lincoln Place" route.

Until June 6, 56 buses from Pittsburgh to McKeesport will be detoured via Streets Run Road after making a special loop through the neighborhood under the Glenwood Bridge interchange.

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Cars will be detoured over Streets Run Road, Delwar Road and Lebanon Church Road. Trucks will be detoured much further --- down Route 837 (Carson Street) to the West End Circle, and then south on Route 51 to Lebanon Church Road.

A Port Authority spokesperson said all outbound stops on the 56 bus between the former Hays School and Mifflin Elementary School will be discontinued during the detour.

Traffic inbound to Hazelwood will be restricted to a single lane.

The overall project includes the replacement of four culverts, utility relocation, traffic signal upgrades and the resurfacing of Route 885, Cowan said. Golden Triangle Construction is the prime contractor on the project, Cowan said.