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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on Route 65 and associated ramps in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Wednesday through Saturday, July 24-27 weather permitting.

​Inspection activities requiring lane closures and traffic shifts, unless otherwise noted, will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day according to the following schedule: 

Wednesday, July 24

• The ramp from southbound Route 65 to Beaver Avenue.  The ramp will close to traffic

• The ramp from northbound Route 65 to Chateau Street.

Thursday, July 25

• The ramp from northbound Route 65 to Chateau Street

• The ramp from Chateau Street to northbound Route 19

Friday and Saturday, July 26-27

• The ramp from southbound Route 19 to southbound Route 65

• Mainline Route 65 at the Marshall Avenue interchange

Posted Detour

Southbound Route 65 ramp to Beaver Avenue

• From southbound Route 65, take the ramp to North 19 toward Marshall Avenue/Beaver Avenue

• Bear left toward Route 19

• At the traffic signal, turn left onto the ramp to South 19 toward Downtown

• Bear right at the fork

• End detour

Crews from Benesch will conduct the routine inspection activities.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

Contact: Steve Cowan, 412-429-5010

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