Pennsylvania Route 28
| ||||
North end | US 219 in Brockway | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Allegheny, Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson | |||
Highway system | ||||
| ||||
|
Pennsylvania Route 28 (PA 28) is a major
From Pittsburgh to Kittanning, it is a 44.5-mile-long (71.6 km) limited access expressway that is named the Alexander H. Lindsay Memorial Highway, and is also known as the Allegheny Valley Expressway.
Route description
This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2022) |
PA 28 begins adjacent to
In
From exit 11 to U.S. Route 422 west of Kittanning, PA 28 has eight interchanges, including exits with Pittsburgh Mills Boulevard (exit 12A), Pennsylvania Route 366 (exit 14), and Pennsylvania Route 356 (exit 17), while continuing to parallel the Allegheny to the east. Exit 18 consists of Pennsylvania Route 128 crossing or which used to be old 28 before the expressway. At exit 19, PA 28 merges with the limited-access US 422 and heads east along US 422 as it proceeds south of West Kittanning.[5]
Upon crossing the Allegheny River and entering Kittanning, US 422 and PA 28 interchange with
The 41-mile-long (66 km)
After crossing
In
In
East of here, US 322 splits off from PA 28 at a "T" interchange. East of Brookville in
History
This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2022) |
The highway was signed in 1927 from Pittsburgh to
The highway was extended north to Brockway in 1928. In 1928, the route was under construction from Blawnox to Cheswick, Troy Hill Road to Oakland, and Hazen to Reitz Crossing Road. Those sections were completed the following year. In 1929, the section from Avella to Woodrow and from Hickory to Fort Cherry Road was under construction and finished the following year. In 1930, the section from Skyline Road to PA 18 was paved as well as in Venice. That year the western terminus was moved from Avella to Independence.
In 1958, the highway was widened and a median installed at the interchange with the Turnpike. On July 15, 1960, the highway's southern terminus was moved from Independence to PA 8 in Etna. The former section of PA 28 from South Main Street in the West End Valley to the intersection of Noblestown Road and Crafton Boulevard in Crafton Heights was redesignated as PA 60. The remaining 83-mile stretch from Crafton Heights to Independence was renumbered PA 50. This designation change was made to reduce the number of concurrent routes in Pittsburgh. The changes took effect a few months later and signs were changed by spring 1961.[7]
In 1963, this section opened to traffic from PA 8 north to the Highland Park Bridge interchange and the following year to Blawnox. Also that year, the Pittsburgh Area Transportation Plan recommended upgrading PA 28 and then PA 8, to a six-lane, limited-access highway starting 2,200 feet (670 m) west of the 31st Street Bridge and ending at the 40th Street Bridge. Full interchanges would be constructed at both bridges; however, this recommendation was not carried out. It also laid out a plan that would turn PA 28 into an expressway from Pittsburgh to Brookville, this too was not carried out.
In 1964, the highway was widened and a median installed on it between Brackenridge and the Butler County line. In 1968, construction began on the section from Blawnox to PA 910. The expressway was proposed from that point to the Butler County line. Construction also began on the section from Slate Lick to near Center Hill in the same year. In 1965, the route was moved from Courthouse Road into Kittanning to bypass the borough on its current alignment. In 1969, construction commenced on the section from PA 910 to Exit 12 and from Exit 16 to PA 356 and the Armstrong County line.
The start of the 1970s saw the construction extend from Exit 16 all the way to a new expressway alignment for US 422, also under construction, near West Kittanning. In 1971, construction commenced on the section from Exit 15 to Exit 16. In 1972, the expressway opened to traffic from Blawnox to PA 910 and from Exit 15 to US 422. However, PA 28's designation was not placed on the section from Exit 15 to Exit 16. The following year, the expressway opened from PA 910 to Exit 12.
In 1973, the route was extended to end at US 19/PA 65 at Chateau Street via Western Avenue and East Ohio Street.
In 1975, construction commenced on the section from Exit 12 to north of Tarentum; during the following year, the construction was extended to Exit 15. In 1978, the PA 28 designation was routed onto the newly opened highway from Exit 11 to Exit 12 and from Exit 15 to Exit 16. The PA 28 designation still followed Freeport Road to connect between Exit 12 and Exit 15.
In 1980, the expressway opened from Exit 12 to Exit 13 and the PA 28 designation was moved onto this section. In 1984, the route was changed to follow Western Avenue, Allegheny Avenue, North Shore Drive, General Robinson Street, and Madison Avenue for northbound traffic, and Reedsdale Street for southbound traffic in Pittsburgh. The final section of the Allegheny Valley Expressway between Exit 13 and Exit 15 opened in 1985. During the 1980s, through traffic in each direction at the Highland Park Bridge interchange was reduced to one lane due to heavy demand for the bridge itself.[8]
In 2011, the southbound lanes of PA 28 were shifted to bypass the intersection of the
Though technically limited access for its first two miles near downtown Pittsburgh since the 2012 construction, all lanes were clear of lane closures and construction by November, 2014 when Governor
On December 12, 2017, PennDOT announced that they planned on widening PA 28 at the Highland Park interchange to have two through lanes on each side while having a designated exit and entrance lanes for the bridge, with work scheduled to start in 2020 with some residual work lasting into 2021. The only other thing keeping PA-28 from having the possibility of receiving an interstate designation are the 45-mph speed limits near the Millvale and Etna Exits, as well as the section of the southbound one-lane expressway between Exit 9 (Blawnox Exit), and Exit 8,(Waterworks Exit). If these are ever to be upgraded to Interstate Highway standards, PA 28 will be up to Interstate Highway standards from its southern terminus all the way to Kittanning, and could potentially receive an Interstate designation in the future.[8]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh | 0.000 | 0.000 | Anderson Street | Southern terminus of PA 28 | ||
0.073– 0.111 | 0.117– 0.179 | River Avenue | Northbound entrance / exit only | |||
0.375 | 0.604 | Chestnut Street | Northbound exit only | |||
0.414– 0.746 | 0.666– 1.201 | 1B | To | No southbound entrance; signed as exit 1B southbound only | ||
0.458 | 0.737 | 1A | I-376 – Monroeville, Airport | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
1.497– 1.750 | 2.409– 2.816 | 2 | at grade intersection . | |||
40th Street Bridge – Lawrenceville | Inverted SPUI/continuous green T hybrid interchange; no northbound entrance (northbound traffic directed to 3B entrance);Former at grade intersection | |||||
2.647– 2.857 | 4.260– 4.598 | 3B | Blue Belt – Millvale | No southbound entrance (southbound traffic directed to 3A entrance), southern terminus of Blue Belt concurrency | ||
Etna | 3.968 | 6.386 | 4 | Etna | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
4.522– 4.539 | 7.277– 7.305 | 5A | R.D. Fleming Bridge) – Sharpsburg | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
4.567– 4.813 | 7.350– 7.746 | 5B | PA 8 north – Butler, Etna | Signed as exit 5 southbound | ||
6.218– 6.418 | 10.007– 10.329 | 6 | To Green Belt – Aspinwall | Northern terminus of Blue Belt concurrency, southern terminus of Green Belt concurrency | ||
Aspinwall | 6.846– 7.123 | 11.018– 11.463 | 7 | Delafield Avenue | No southbound exit | |
7.618– 7.771 | 12.260– 12.506 | 8 | Freeport Road, Fox Chapel Road ( Green Belt ), Waterworks Drive | Northern terminus of Green Belt concurrency | ||
Blawnox | 8.003– 8.029 | 12.880– 12.921 | 9 | Blawnox | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
8.922– 9.250 | 14.359– 14.886 | 10 | R.I.D.C. Drive | |||
Harmar | ||||||
Cheswick, Springdale | ||||||
14.990– 15.462 | 24.124– 24.884 | 12A | Pittsburgh Mills Boulevard | |||
Orange Belt – Russellton, Creighton | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
Western terminus of PA 366 | ||||||
Harrison Township | 20.805– 21.226 | 33.482– 34.160 | 15 | Natrona Heights, Natrona, Brackenridge | Brackenridge appears on southbound signs only. | |
23.717– 24.147 | 38.169– 38.861 | 16 | Freeport, Millerstown | Freeport appears on northbound signs only. | ||
Butler | Buffalo Township | 25.337– 25.816 | 40.776– 41.547 | 17 | PA 356 – Freeport, Butler | |
Slate Lick, Northpointe | ||||||
US 422 west – Butler, West Kittanning | Southern terminus of US 422 concurrency | |||||
Manor Township | 39.915– 40.001 | 64.237– 64.375 | A | PA 66 south – Ford City | Southern terminus of PA 66 (southbound) concurrency; exits to PA 66 southbound only | |
40.256– 40.590 | 64.786– 65.323 | B | To US 422 Bus. – Kittanning | Southern terminus of PA 66 (northbound) concurrency; no access to PA 66 southbound | ||
41.511– 42.302 | 66.805– 68.078 | US 422 Bus. west – Indiana, Kittanning | Northern terminus of US 422 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 422 Bus. | |||
42.806 | 68.890 | Northern terminus of freeway | ||||
Rayburn Township | 42.806 | 68.890 | PA 85 east – Rural Valley, Plumville | Western terminus of PA 85 | ||
South Bethlehem | 59.871 | 96.353 | PA 839 south – Mahoning Dam | Northern terminus of PA 839 | ||
Clarion | New Bethlehem | 60.176 | 96.844 | PA 66 north – Clarion | Northern terminus of PA 66 concurrency | |
Redbank Township | 65.661 | 105.671 | PA 536 east (Mayport Road) / Wallwork Road – Mayport | Western terminus of PA 536 | ||
Jefferson | Clover Township | 73.103 | 117.648 | PA 949 north (Summerville-Corsica Road) / Water Street – Corsica | Southern terminus of PA 949 | |
Southern terminus of US 322/PA 36 concurrency; southern terminus of PA 28 Truck | ||||||
80.282 | 129.201 | PA 36 south (White Street) – Punxsutawney | Northern terminus of PA 36 concurrency | |||
Pine Creek Township | 81.421 | 131.034 | US 322 east – Reynoldsville | Northern terminus of US 322 concurrency | ||
82.580– 82.696 | 132.900– 133.086 | Exit 81 (I-80); northern terminus of PA 28 Truck | ||||
Brockway | 98.264 | 158.141 | US 219 (Main Street / Cherry Street) – Ridgway, DuBois | Northern terminus of PA 28 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
|
PA 28 Truck
Location | Brookville, Pennsylvania |
---|---|
Length | 3.3 mi[11] (5.3 km) |
Existed | 1963–present |
Pennsylvania Route 28 Truck is a 3-mile-long (4.8 km) truck route in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. As Route 28 travels through the Brookville city center, it becomes a narrow main street and features a relatively sharp turn just west of the bridge over North Fork Creek. As a result, after the completion of Interstate 80, Route 28's truck traffic was shifted onto this freeway bypass from Exit 78 at Pennsylvania Route 36 (which Truck 28 is cosigned for its first 1/2 mile of existence) to Exit 81, where Route 28 meets the highway.
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- Pennsylvania portal
References
- ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2019). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2019 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- Allegheny County (PDF)
- Butler County (PDF)
- Armstrong County (PDF)
- Clarion County (PDF)
- Jefferson County (PDF)
- ^ Quadrant marker 10 for PA Route 28 marking the beginning of the route (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ^ End quadrant marker for PA Route 28 marking the end of the route (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ^ Schmitz, Jon (17 November 2014). "After six years, Route 28 reconstruction project ends". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Google (August 13, 2014). "Pennsylvania Route 28" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Dream of 'nicer commute' genesis of Route 28". TribLive. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b PennDOT Plans Improvements To Route 28 At Highland Park Bridge KDKA-TV (12/12/2017)
- ^ Schmitz, Jon (September 28, 2011). "Whole new Route 28 beginning to emerge through construction". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ Plaza, historic marker to memorialize St. Nicholas Church in Troy Hill Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (06/15/2015)
- ^ Google (August 13, 2014). "PA Route 28 Truck" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 13, 2014.