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Subject: Northbound Route 28 Reopens Tuesday Afternoon in Etna
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:07:27 -0400
From: Struzzi, James <JSTRUZZI@state.pa.us>
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*Traffic Advisory *

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For Immediate Release

Oct. 26, 2009 * *

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*Northbound Route 28 Reopens Tuesday Afternoon in Etna *

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*Pittsburgh, PA* – PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists northbound
(outbound) Route 28 (Allegheny Valley Expressway) will reopen to traffic
at the Etna Interchange in the Borough of Etna, Allegheny County, at
approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Northbound Route 28 has been closed to thru-traffic since June to allow
crews to remove and replace the bridge that carries northbound Route 28
over Route 8 and the 62^nd Street (Robert D. Fleming) Bridge.
Approximately 20,000-25,000 vehicles use northbound Route 28 in this
area on an average day.

The new bridge will carry two lanes of traffic. Only one lane will
reopen on Tuesday to allow crews to continue work on the new bridge and
the bridge over Kittanning Pike on northbound Route 28. Single lane
traffic will continue through late November.

Motorists are advised to use caution, allow extra time, and be prepared
for changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area.

The $22.5 million Route 28 Etna Phase IV improvement project at the Etna
interchange in the Boroughs of Etna, Aspinwall and Sharpburg, and Shaler
and O’Hara townships will provide significant improvements, bridge
rehabilitation and repairs on northbound Route 28 and the interchange.
The project includes bituminous and concrete pavement reconstruction,
approach roadway widening, drainage, guide rail, curb, shoulders,
highway lighting, signing, pavement marking, bridge reconstruction and
rehabilitation on four structures (two of the four bridges are rated
structurally deficient: Northbound Route 28 over the 62^nd Street bridge
ramps and northbound Route 28 over Kittanning Pike. Both will be removed
from the SD list upon completion of the project.), wall construction,
and other miscellaneous construction on 2.3 miles of northbound Route 28
from about 330 feet south of Route 8 to approximately 400 feet north of
Route 1005 (Highland Park Bridge). When completed in fall 2009, the
project will reconfigure northbound Route 28 to create a significant
congestion and mobility improvement through the interchange area. The
prime contractor for the project is Mascaro Contracting, L.P. of Pittsburgh.

The project represents the fourth phase of a five-phase effort to
improve and upgrade Route 28 through the Etna interchange area. The
southbound lanes were reconstructed during previous phases of the
project. Phase V will be underway in 2010.

PennDOT also reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com
<http://www.511pa.com/> or call 511 from any phone to check traffic
conditions on major roadways before traveling.

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*Media Contact: Jim Struzzi, Press Officer*

(412) 429-5010 (Office)

(412) 292-9357 (Cell Phone)

Source: *PennDOT Engineering District 11*