Inbound Fort Pitt Tunnel Closure This Weekend

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the inbound (eastbound) Fort Pitt Tunnel on the Parkway West will be closed this weekend so tunnel ceiling removal work can be completed.

Beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, the inbound tunnel will be closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26, for round-the-clock construction, PennDOT said in a press release. Traffic will be detoured during the closure and the DOT will be posting signs informing motorists of the detour.

According to PennDOT, the posted detour will require eastbound traffic to form a single lane exiting at the North US 19/Route 51 West End (Exit 69C) ramp before the Fort Pitt Tunnel.

Posted Detour

Eastbound:

• From eastbound I-376 (Parkway West) take the ramp to North US 19/Route 51 West End (Exit 69C)
• Follow northbound Route 51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)
• Exit towards Route 837
• Stay in right lane to South Route 837/East I-376
• Continue on southbound Route 837 (West Carson Street)
• Take the ramp to East I-376/North I-279 onto the Fort Pitt Bridge
• End detour

If significant traffic delays and congestion occur at the eastbound detour, the DOT suggests motorists taken an alternative route:

• From eastbound I-376 (Parkway West) take the Route 121 Greentree/Mt. Lebanon (Exit 67) ramp
• Turn left onto northbound Route 121 (Greentree Road)
• Greentree Road becomes Wabash Street
• Turn right onto South Main Street (Lincoln Highway)/South Route 60
• Use right lane to South Route 837/East I-376 towards Downtown
• Continue on southbound Route 837 (West Carson Street)
• Take the ramp to East I-376/North I-279 onto the Fort Pitt Bridge
• End detour

For more information about the Fort Pitt Tunnel closure or the ceiling removal work, visit the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.