Business Route 22 Lane Closures and Stoppages This Week in Monroeville

There will be lane closures and traffic stoppages on Business Route 22 in the area under the outbound (eastbound) Parkway East (I-376) in the Municipality of Monroeville Tuesday through Thursday nights this week, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 11.

Crews will be forming the deck for the new bridge that will carry the outbound Parkway East over Business Route 22. Restrictions will occur from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night. Westbound traffic on Business Route 22 will be reduced to a single lane alternating use. Brief, intermittent traffic stoppages of five minutes or less will occur on eastbound Business Route 22.

Motorists are advised to use caution, allow extra time and be prepared for changing traffic patterns. PennDOT officials ask that motorists slow down and be safe in the work zone. 

 The $19 million Parkway East project, which started in 2010, includes milling and resurfacing the outbound lanes and interchange ramps; drainage; guide rail and end treatments; shoulders; bridge preservation work; acceleration and deceleration ramp lengthening; signing and pavement markings; highway lighting; and other improvements on 4.48 miles of I-376 in Churchill Borough, Wilkins Township, and the municipalities of Penn Hills and Monroeville.

The prime contractor for the project is Swank Associated Companies Inc. of New Kensington. Work will be completed in late 2011. For more information about the project, see penndot11.com.

 Motorists can receive construction updates and traffic advisories from PennDOT for the Parkway East by sending their email address to jstruzzi@state.pa.us and typing “Subscribe-Parkway East” in the subject line.

Log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions and cameras on major roadways before traveling.