Pittsburg, PA
Road construction projects set to pick back up this weekend throughout the Pittsburgh area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Road crews around the Pittsburgh area are going to be back at it with a vengeance this weekend after taking off last weekend for Labor Day.
No fewer than four major roads are going to feel the construction pinch and KDKA’s John Shumway is here with what you need to know.
The Parkway East near the Birmingham Bridge
Starting tonight at 9 p.m., the inbound lanes of I-376 will be reduced down to a single lane from the area approaching the Birmingham Bridge to just beyond the bridge.
The ramp to the northbound Boulevard of the Allies will also be closed.
The lane restriction will be lifted by Monday morning.
Route 51 in Jefferson Hills
A short stretch of the roadway beneath the Mon-Fayette Expressway is shutting down for another weekend.
The road will be closed from Peters Creek Road to Worthington Avenue starting at 10 p.m. tonight.
The PA Turnpike Commission is shutting down the road so that more bridge beams can be placed on the expressway high above Rt. 51.
The marked detour is 15 miles long, but there is an easier route, as long as you’re not driving a truck.
Interstate 79 from the Ohio River to Crafton
The seemingly endless project is about done for the year.
The northbound express lane in the southbound lanes of I-79 is closing tonight at 7 p.m.
By the end of the weekend, the crossovers will be gone and the restrictions will be lifted.
Once the restrictions are lifted, I-79 will be back to its normal configuration with two lanes in each direction.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike ramps at the Beaver Valley exit
While the weekend projects will be wrapping up by Monday morning, another will just be getting started.
Starting on Sunday night, the Pa. Turnpike’s westbound on-ramps and off-ramps at the Beaver Valley exit will be closing for a week of construction.
The posted detour will direct drivers to use the New Castle exit, Fairline Boulevard, Rt. 351 to Koppel, and Rt. 18, and then the opposite direction if you’re wanting to go west on the Turnpike.
Will tonight’s rain impact the projects?
The rain might slow things a bit, but all of the projects are expected to have enough dry time to get their work done.
Things should be back to normal for the first three projects by Monday.
PITTSBURG — Pittsburg running back Jamar Searcy has opened his recruitment, he announced in an X post on Thursday.
Searcy was committed to play at Washington State next year and signed his National Letter of Intent last week, but after it was announced that coach Jake Dickert was taking a job to be the head coach at Wake Forest on Wednesday, the three-star running back has decided to explore other options.
Before Searcy signed with Washington State, he held offers from UNLV, Sacramento State, San Diego State, UC Davis and Cal.
Searcy is six days removed from his best performance as a high school player as he totaled 290 yards and four touchdowns in Pittsburg’s heartbreaking 28-26 loss to Lincoln-San Diego in the CIF Division I-AA state title game.
The 5-foot-8 running back finished his senior year with 1,668 yards and 22 touchdowns and was a Bay Valley Athletic League first-team selection. Searcy was one of Pittsburg’s senior leaders and also on defense as a safety.
“I’ve been telling scouts this all season, Jamar Searcy is the best touchdown maker in Northern California if not the state,” Pittsburg coach Charlie Ramirez said after Pittsburg’s win over Archbishop Riordan in September. “
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Russell Wilson hopes his first year with the Steelers won’t be his last.
Hard Knocks documented an event in Pittsburgh for the Why Not You Foundation founded by Wilson and his wife Ciara, at which a child asked Wilson if he likes playing for the Steelers.
“Yeah, I love it. It’s awesome,” Wilson answered.
Asked if he’s going to re-sign with the Steelers, Wilson answered, “Hopefully, I love it here. It’s cool. Hopefully we’re going to win a Super Bowl.”
This year Wilson is giving the Steelers the NFL’s biggest bargain, playing for a league-minimum salary of $1.2 million because his contract with the Broncos, who cut him in the offseason, guaranteed that he was going to make $39 million this year whether from the Broncos or anyone else. He took the least he could take from Pittsburgh and made Denver pay the balance.
But Wilson is slated to become a free agent in March, and he has proven this year that he’s still capable of starting in the NFL. He’s going to command starter’s money, but he may decide to prioritize playing in a place where he’s comfortable, and Pittsburgh is that place.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Penguins have made a trade with the St. Louis Blues, bringing defenseman P.O Joseph back to Pittsburgh.
The trade was announced Wednesday evening with Joseph coming back to the Penguins in exchange for future considerations.
Joseph spent his first four seasons in the NHL with the Penguins organization and posted career highs in games played, goals, and points during the 2022-23 season.
At the end of last season, Joseph was released and signed with the Blues as a free agent.
He’s played 23 games for the Blues so far this season, registering two assists.
Joseph is signed through the end of the current season with a cap hit of $950,000.
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