Nightly Liberty Tunnel Closures Begin April 2
About 45,000 vehicles use the Liberty Tunnel on an average day, according to PennDOT.
The Liberty Tunnel will be closed in both directions nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday starting the night of April 2 and running through November 2013. Outbound closures will begin about two hours later on nights of Pittsburgh Penguins home games. The closures are part of the $18.8 million fourth phase of work to improve the tunnel. The project includes repair of structural concrete, updating and repair of electrical, lighting and safety systems, refurbishing of the portal buildings and other improvements. The prime contractor is the Swank Construction Company, LLC. Overall work will conclude this fall. Here will be the posted detours: Outbound detour: Alternate detour: Inbound detour: Commercial vehicle traffic should …
Ed M
7:13 am on Thursday, April 4, 2013
Stop by! If I'm home I'll pour us a couple! I might not be home, though. I could be out dancing with the missus. Since, according to you, the Liberty Bridge is jammed on Friday and Saturday night even when there is no detour, why not just head over to the Ft Pitt Bridge? BTW, I like minuets. I learned a few when I took piano lessons as a yound lad. more ›