PennDOT Postpones Plum Street Bridge Closing in Oakmont, Penn Hills

The bridge that carries Plum Street over Plum Creek in Oakmont and Penn Hills will be closed to traffic beginning on Monday, April 15, according to PennDOT.

The bridge was originally scheduled to be closed long-term on Thursday, April 11, but that has been postponed, PennDOT said.

The closure will begin at 7 a.m. on Monday and continue through early July. The bridge area is east of Allegheny River Boulevard near the intersection with Dark Hollow Road.

About 2,614 vehicles use this bridge on an average day, according to PennDOT.

The $1.2 million project includes replacing the bridge deck, strip seal dams, sidewalk and parapets, and other improvements.

The bridge is currently rated structurally deficient, but when the project is complete, the rating will be removed. Overall work is expected to conclude this fall.

Traffic will be detoured using the following routes:

From West

• Take Allegheny River Boulevard (Route 2073) south;
• Make left onto Sandy Creek Road (Route 130);
• Continue east and turn left onto Saltsburg Road (Route 2058);
• Left onto Hamill Road (Route 2078);
• Turn right onto Hulton Road (Route 2074);
• Bear left onto Indiana Road (Route 2070);
• Bear left onto Hamill Road;
• Turn right onto Hunter Road (Route 2080);
• Continue straight to Plum Street,
• End detour.    

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