Curran Hill and Capital Avenues Access to West Liberty Avenue Restricted this Weekend

Curran Hill and Capital avenues will be restricted at the intersection with West Liberty Avenue in Brookline this weekend, Sept. 9-12, weather permitting, according to PennDOT.

Crews will be reconstructing the center of West Liberty Avenue in the Curran Hill and Capital avenues intersection area from 7 p.m. on Friday continuously through 5 a.m. on Monday. This will require the center lanes on West Liberty Avenue to be closed, restricting traffic to a single lane in each direction through the intersection.

Curran Hill Avenue Restrictions

Because of the work in the center lanes, motorists will not be able to make a left turn from inbound West Liberty to Curran Hill Avenue or a left turn from Curran Hill Avenue to inbound West Liberty Avenue. Traffic on outbound (southbound) West Liberty Avenue will still be able to make a right turn onto Curran Hill Avenue and traffic on Curran Hill Avenue will be able to make a right turn onto outbound West Liberty Avenue.

The Curran Hill Avenue to inbound West Liberty Avenue detour is:

• Make right off Curran Hill Avenue onto Fairacres Avenue
• Left onto Tonapah Street
• Right onto Belasco Avenue
• Left onto Broadway Avenue
• Left onto Pauline Street
• Follow Pauline Street to West Liberty Avenue
• End detour

Inbound West Liberty Avenue to Curran Hill Avenue

• Same detour in the opposite direction; however, inbound motorists should be aware of the restriction in advance and make the left turn onto Pauline Avenue prior to the Curran Hill Avenue intersection    

Capital Avenue Restrictions

Capital Avenue traffic will not be able to turn left to outbound West Liberty Avenue and outbound West Liberty Avenue traffic will not be able to make the left to access Capital Avenue. Traffic on inbound West Liberty Avenue will still be able to make a right turn onto Capital Avenue and traffic on Capital Avenue will be able to make a right turn onto inbound West Liberty Avenue.

Capital Avenue to outbound West Liberty Avenue

• From Capital Avenue make right onto Pioneer Avenue
• Make right onto Brookline Boulevard
• Follow Brookline Boulevard to West Liberty Avenue
• End detour

Outbound West Liberty Avenue to Capital Avenue

• Same detour in opposite     
  

PennDOT advises motorists to allow extra time and expect changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area.

The overall $7.3 million project will mill and resurface about 2.44 miles of West Liberty Avenue from Saw Mill Run Boulevard to McFarland Road, including minor base repairs, joint repairs, inlet and manhole improvements, improved delineation to clarify lane designations, new traffic signals, pedestrian crossings, ADA ramp and sidewalk improvements, and roadway excavation and reconstruction to remove old trolley tracks, cobble stone and slag/cement.

The project will conclude in late 2011. The Lane Construction Corporation of Pittsburgh is the prime contractor.

To sign up for PennDOT’s West Liberty Avenue/Liberty Tunnel email notification list for traffic and construction advisories, send email addresses to jstruzzi@state.pa.us. Please write “Subscribe – Liberty” in the subject line.