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    PennDOT Removes Restrictions on Certain Vehicles in the Pittsburgh Region

    January 06, 2025

    Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT has lifted the temporary restrictions on certain vehicles from traveling on several roadways in southwestern Pennsylvania.

    Due to the winter storm impacting the region, PennDOT temporarily restricted certain vehicles from using the interstates earlier today to help ensure that the interstates remained open during the most challenging conditions of the winter storm.

    The vehicle restrictions reflected Tier 2 of the commonwealth’s weather event vehicle restriction plan (PDF) have been removed from the following roadways:

    ·       I-79

    ·       I- 279 (Parkway North)

    ·       I-376 (Parkways East and West)

    ·       I-579

    ·       I-76 (PA Turnpike from Monroeville to Cranberry)

    PennDOT has also lifted speed and right-lane-only commercial vehicle restrictions on I-79 in the region.

    Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

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