Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The westbound, right-hand lane will be closed as needed.
PennDOT is planning to do shoulder improvement work on the Parkway West, also known as Interstate-376, in Findlay and Moon townships. According to PennDOT, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. The westbound right-hand lane will be closed as needed during that time going from the Business 376 merge point to Beaver County. Crews will be milling and patching the shoulder area. Eastbound traffic on the Parkway West will not be affected. All ramps will remain open. PennDOT advises motorists to use caution and slow down when traveling through the area.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Site work has started on the five-story, 130,000-square-foot office building off the Montour Run interchange of the Parkway West.
A Moon Township-based developer plans to build a five-story, 130,000-square-foot office building off the Montour Run interchange of the Parkway West. DiCicco Development Inc. announced this week that is starting the building, Westpointe Corporate Center Four without a tenant in hand—but is confident that the risk is worth it, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. "It's just that the market is extremely tight. When you do a search for space in the Parkway West, there's one building with 70,000 square feet, there's one with 60,000 and there's nothing else," Jeremy Kronman, CBRE executive vice president marketing the space told the P-G. Overall, the Post Gazette reports the office vacancy rate in the corridor dropped from 18 percent at the end…
Monday, April 22, 2013
Several key transportation improvements will occur in 2013 on state-owned roads in Robinson and Moon townships.
Here’s a preview from PennDOT of the major road improvements scheduled for 2013 that will affect Robinson-Moon motorists: In addition to the work listed above, District 11 will be making many improvements to the transportation system in Allegheny County through various county maintenance activities. District 11 will also be performing numerous bridge preservation and washing projects around the county in a continuing effort to address critical bridge needs. PennDOT District 11 will invest an estimated $210 million on 66 projects to improve, preserve or rehabilitate transportation infrastructure including 24 bridges (18 structurally deficient) in Allegheny County in 2013. In addition, 73 miles of roadway will be paved or resurfaced and more…
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash in the outbound lanes of the Parkway West near the Campbells Run Road exit around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash in the outbound lanes of the Parkway West near the Campbells Run Road exit. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the westbound lanes near the township line between Robinson and Collier. PennDOT officials said the left lane was blocked and traffic was moving slowly in both directions. It’s not known if anyone was injured in the crash. Emergency responders removed the vehicle from the roadway around 1:45 p.m. and traffic was moving normally shortly afterward.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Millions will be spent upgrading the Parkway West in coming years.
Commuters beware: Construction delays may be more common on the Parkway West in the coming years. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will invest $60 million in repairs to Interstate 376 West, from Interstate 79 to the Fort Pitt tunnels, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Milling, repaving and bridge and shoulder rehabilitation are expected to take place as a part of the improvements, much of which will occur in 2014 and 2015. From the newspaper: "While modest safety improvements will be made at deficient interchanges, drivers shouldn't expect faster travel after the orange barrels are gone from what is one of the nation's most congested corridors, (sad Dan Cessna, executive director of PennDOT district 11)." The Parkway …
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Delays are expected Sunday morning on Interstate 376 through Robinson.
Motorists planning to travel Sunday via the Parkway West near Robinson Township might want to plan a detour on Sunday. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that Duquesne Light utility work on Sunday morning will close traffic in both directions on the Parkway West in Robinson, weather permitting. Several full traffic stoppages of less than 15 minutes each will take place between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday, east of the Exit 59 interchange, near the Bayer property, according to a PennDOT statement. Crews from Duquesne Light will be performing utility work over the parkway. Delays should be expected. Motorists can visit 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions and cameras on most major roadways …
Friday, October 12, 2012
A tractor-trailer barreled through the concrete median on I-376 near Carnegie before crashing into cars and causing major traffic back-ups in both directions Friday morning.
Crews have reopened all lanes of the Parkway West four hours after a major crash closed the interstate in both directions near the Carnegie exit Friday morning. A tractor-trailer apparently barreled through the concrete median, crashing into two cars and causing major traffic back-ups in both directions,WPXI-TV reported. The crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. during the morning rush hour commute. It’s not known if anyone was injured in the crash. PennDOT workers could be seen working most of the morning trying to repair the concrete median. All lanes were reopened shortly before 10 a.m. ---- Like Robinson-Moon Patch on Facebook!
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Just click the blue dot on the map to see which areas you may want to avoid.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
As the summer driving season winds down, PennDOT crews will be busy again this weekend on several key highways in our area. We've provided you with a simple map to see where the construction crews will be busiest. Just click on the Weekend Construction Work link at the bottom of the map to see which areas you might want to avoid.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A little piggy seen running on the Parkway West near Green Tree created quite a stir and backed-up traffic during Wednesday morning’s commute into Pittsburgh.
Why did the pig cross the Parkway? Apparently to go “wee wee wee” all the way home. The piggy going to market, however, apparently took the bus. The little pig seen running on the Parkway West near Green Tree created quite a stir and backed-up traffic during Wednesday morning’s commute into Pittsburgh. A motorist tweeted a photo of the animal running on the inbound lanes that immediately went viral and caused a commotion on social media websites. It also led to jokes from people suggesting the city be renamed Pigsburgh in honor of the loose swine. No one is sure how the “Pig on the Parkway” found its way onto the highway or where it went, not even PennDOT workers monitoring the situation from traffic cameras. “No one here saw the pig, …
Mike Jones
1:42 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
The crash has been cleared from the roadway and traffic appears to be moving normally. more ›