Record levels of rain have flooded several roads in Pittsburgh, including the infamous "bathtub" section of Interstate 376, or the Parkway East, causing a headache for drivers across. The "Bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) is closed to traffic due to flooding until further notice. All traffic approaching this section of I-376, located between Grant Street and the Fort Pitt Bridge, will be detoured.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday touted more than $5 billion in infrastructure funding, with more than $142 million coming to Pittsburgh to fix what's known as "the bathtub. The downtown section of I-376 known as the "bathtub" is open again, after floodwaters receded and road crews cleaned up the muddy mess left behind. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its consultants have designed an estimated $34 million project to keep "the bathtub" dry most of the time and prevent the Monongahela River from overflowing onto the Parkway East in Downtown Pittsburgh.
'Bathtub' section of Parkway East reopened
Beginning after the National Football League draft in April next year, the department will reconstruct the flood []. The "bathtub" area of westbound I-376 (Parkway East) in the City of Pittsburgh has reopened to traffic, according to PennDOT. PITTSBURGH - PennDOT says the stretch of westbound Interstate 376 (Parkway East) known as the "bathtub" has reopened in downtown Pittsburgh after crews pumped water and cleaned mud from the area.
PennDOT has announced that the Bathtub Section of the Parkway East and Interstate Connector Ramp from Ft Duq Bridge will close at 12pm, due to Flooding Concerns. Crews began pumping water out of the heavily flooded 'Bathtub' section of the Parkway East in Downtown Pittsburgh.The section of the interstate was shut down on Wednesday morning before it became. Record levels of rain have flooded several roads in Pittsburgh, including the infamous "bathtub" section of Interstate 376, or the Parkway East, causing a.
