Highland Park Bridge ramp to northbound Route 28 to stay closed for several months

PITTSBURGH — The ramp from the Highland Park Bridge to northbound Route 28 closed Monday morning at 7 a.m., and is expected to stay closed for several months.

The closure is to accommodate reconstruction work, bridge rehabilitation, sound wall construction, and drainage improvements on the ramp.

PennDOT said the works will take about 3 months to complete. It plans on keeping things closed until about late-June.

The ramp’s closure will impact a lot of people coming and going from the city and the East End. The ramp is also not far from the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.

Here are the detours:

Highland Park Bridge (and Freeport Road) to Northbound Route 28

From the Highland Park Bridge, take the ramp to Aspinwall

Follow Freeport Road to Fox Chapel Road

Turn left onto Fox Chapel Road

Turn left onto the ramp to northbound Route 28

End detour

Alternate Highland Park Bridge to Northbound Route 28

From the Highland Park Bridge, take the ramp to southbound Route 28

Take the ramp to North 8 (Exit 5) toward Butler

Turn left onto Kittanning Street

Turn right onto Crescent Street

Turn right onto Grant Avenue

Turn right onto southbound Route 8

Take the ramp to North 28 toward Kittanning

Follow northbound Route 28 back to the Highland Park Bridge interchange

End detour

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