According to the NWS Pittsburgh, Thursday brought 2.77″ of rain shattering a 90-year-mark, and Thursday was the 25th wettest day on record (records back to 1871) for the Pittsburgh area. This is already the 3rd wettest April on record according to NWS Pittsburgh records.
PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that portions of the following state roadways are closed or restricted due to flooding as of noon on Friday 4/12/24:
Beaver County
- Route 51 (Constitution Boulevard) between Cove Hill Road and Fallston Street in Fallston Borough – Lane Restriction
- Route 65 between Mercer Road and Country Club Drive in North Sewickley Township – Closed
- Route 588 between Veka Drive and Pine Run Road in Marion Township – Closed
- Route 1005 (Celia Road) between Chapel Drive and Shady Rest Road in North Sewickley Township – Closed
- Route 1008 (Shady Rest Road) between McKim Way and Celia Road in Franklin Township
- Route 1015 (Hartzell Road) between Route 588 and Old Furnace Road in Marion Township – Closed
- Route 1019 (Brush Creek Road) between Route 68 and Mellon Road in New Sewickley Township – Closed
- Route 1019 (Brush Creed Road) between Wises Grove Road and Tulip Drive in New Sewickley Township – Closed
- Route 2003 (Hoenig Road) between Big Sewickley Creek Road and Mason Road in Economy Borough – Closed
- Route 3013 (Independence Road) between Village Road and Bryson Road in Hopewell Township – Closed
- Route 3020 (Service Creek Road) between Parish Drive and Valley View Road in Independence Township – Closed
- Route 3023 (Park Road) between Route 30 and Hookstown Grade Road in Independence Township – Closed
- Route 4027 (Darlington Road) between 8th Street and Cove Hill Road – Closed (due to a slide)
- Route 4037 (Barkley Hill Road) between Route 68 and Nicholas Drive in Industry Borough – Closed
Lawrence County
- Route 1003 (Old Plank Road) between Mercer Road and Maitland Lane in Neshannock Township – Closed
- Route 2013 (Mill Bridge Road) between Fairview School Road and McConnels Mill Road in Slippery Rock Township – Closed
Additional roadway closures as report by Franklin Township include Shadyrest Road, Mercer Road, Hartzel School Road, Bessor Road, Waterfront Road, South Camp Run Road, Lend Street, Narrows Road, and McKim Way
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, 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.
Local residents can continue to monitor the levels of the Connoqunessing Creek by visiting https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=03106000&ampampampampagency_cd=USGS0 Gage heights are 14.35 as of 8:15 a.m. Friday morning, nearing heights reached just over one week ago.
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