Aspinwall ramp off Highland Park Bridge to be closed Wednesday
One of the ramps off the Highland Park Bridge will be closed today.
The ramp from the northbound side of the bridge to northbound Freeport Road — the Aspinwall exit — in Sharpsburg will close to traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, weather permitting, PennDOT said.
Crews will be conducting underground drainage location work on the ramp, PennDOT said. Ramp traffic to northbound Freeport Road will be detoured through the Sharpsburg exit.
The ramp work is part of the $47.31 million improvement project that will address the existing bottleneck and congested traffic flow on Route 28 at the Highland Park Bridge interchange.
The project, which started in late 2020, involves the reconstruction of Route 28 between North Canal Street/Kittanning Pike and Delafield Avenue, the establishment of two travel lanes in each direction through the interchange, and the reconstruction of acceleration and deceleration ramps, PennDOT said.
The project also features the reconstruction of ramps at the Highland Park Bridge/Freeport Road interchange, bridge and wall preservation work, roadway widening, sound barrier installation, and miscellaneous operational and safety improvements.
The project is expected to conclude in late 2023.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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