Several major road projects will begin or move into a new phase beginning Monday. Here are the highlights:
- Route 8 — A yearlong project to improve the lower part of Route 8 in Shaler, Etna and Pittsburgh begins Monday with work on the city side of the 62nd Street Bridge. The initial work will be on Butler Street between Baker Street and the bridge, where crews will mill and resurface the roadway, repair a retaining wall and install a barrier for a future shared-use path. The plan is to maintain one lane of traffic throughout the work, but crews will work on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Additional work will occur on weekends through the end of the year. There will be additional work north of the 62nd Street Bridge to Saxonburg Boulevard, but it hasn’t been scheduled yet. That work will involve concrete pavement restoration, upgrading two structures over Pine Creek and improving signals, signs and guide rails. Next year, the work will require three separate one-way detours on the bridge, a weekend detour at the Saxonburg Boulevard intersection and a detour for reconstruction of the ramp from southbound Route 28 to northbound Route 8. The $9.1 million project should be finished in the fall of 2025.
- Clairton — North State Street (Route 837) will be limited to one lane in each direction between Coal Valley Road and Lincoln Way this week. Crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to pave Miller Road as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s construction of the Mon-Fayette Expressway. The toll road will extend from Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to Route 837 in Duquesne.
- Interstate 79 — The ramp from Grand Avenue to Interstate 79 south will close at 7 p.m. Monday through Sept. 21. The closure will allow crews to mill the ramp and place a latex deck overlay. The posted detour takes traffic from Grand to I-79 north to the Route 65 exit and keep left toward Glenfield, turn left on Deer Run Road and left onto the ramp for I-79 south. The work is part of a $43.9 million project to upgrade the highway in Glenfield, Neville, Robinson and Kennedy.
- Monroeville — Work will begin at 9 a.m. Monday to repair a slide on Route 22 inbound between Old William Penn Highway and Haymaker Road. Motorists should be cautious while crews for A. Liberoni Inc. will work weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to repair the slide. The work should be finished by the end of the month.
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.