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The Parkway East Commercial Street Bridge in Pittsburgh will reopen Monday evening, more than a week ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline, after around-the-clock work and favorable weather; PennDOT will hold a Monday press conference to share reopening details.
PennDOT is launching a two-year, $300 million improvement project on Parkway East starting Monday, involving overnight closures and ramp upgrades to enhance safety and road quality, with major bridge work scheduled for late summer.
PennDOT's recent full closure of Parkway East served as a learning experience for managing large-scale road closures, revealing effective traffic flow on planned detours but also highlighting issues with local traffic and signal timing, which will be addressed before the major 25-day closure next year for the installation of the new Commercial Street Bridge.
One person has died after a car went over a hillside near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel in Pittsburgh. The incident occurred in the outbound lanes on the Parkway East, leading to traffic rerouting for nearly five hours. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police, and the identity of the deceased individual has not been released.
A 47-year-old man from Westmoreland County was killed in a crash on the eastbound Parkway East on-ramp in Wilkinsburg. The crash occurred when the vehicle crossed a lane of travel, hit an embankment, and rolled onto its roof. The passenger, identified as Michael Zappone of Latrobe, died as a result of the crash. Charges are possible pending an investigation.