For pedestrians, crossing Washington Avenue at Bower Hill Road can be a harrowing experience. Bridgeville resident Anthony Mastrean says that he’s nearly been hit by cars at least a dozen times while using those crosswalks. Sometimes, vehicles have come so close that he could touch them. “My wife has almost been hit,” he told council… [Read More]
Route 50/Wash Pike Construction This Summer Bringing New Left Turn Lanes
The summer-long construction project coming to the Route 50/Washington Pike intersection aims to help alleviate traffic problems by introducing new left turn lanes at major back-up points. Work will likely begin in May, according to the project’s contractor, A. Folino Construction. For motorists in the area, this could mean lane restrictions in the area Mondays… [Read More]
Navigation System Respects No Law, Gets Truck Driver Pulled Over On Ridge Road
Overweight construction vehicles have been illegally using Ridge Road in Bridgeville ever since work began on the new Bednar Estates development in Upper St. Clair. It’s been an ongoing headache for the borough. Bridgeville police have stepped up enforcement in the area, but what do you do when a driver’s GPS system may be guilty of, at the… [Read More]
Borough Plans Stop Signs At Pesavento & Main
Borough council will vote this month on whether to add stop signs at the intersection of Pesavento Drive and Main Street. Last month, council asked to solicitor to prepare the ordinance, which reads as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF BRIDGEVILLE, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING THE BOROUGH OF BRIDGEVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 15,… [Read More]
Would Traffic Signs Help Slow Down Motorists At This Intersection?
Sometimes, in parts of Bridgeville, it seems like traffic never moves. At the intersection of Mayview Road, Lesnett Road, Bank Street, and Chartiers Street, it sometimes seems like traffic won’t stop moving, at least not long enough for people coming from Bridgeville to make a turn. “The people coming from Upper St. Clair like to charge through that intersection,” Bridgeville… [Read More]
Here’s The Plan to Fix Traffic Congestion On the North End of Washington Avenue
In August, we explained why traffic in Bridgeville is the worst, and we looked at one possible solution that would radically revamp Route 50 and Washington Avenue near the South Fayette border. Among other changes, the plan for the south end of town would add a slew of new right- and left-turn only lanes and widen the… [Read More]
Will the Southern Beltway Help Bridgeville’s Traffic Problem?
The Southern Beltway’s Cecil-South Fayette connector won’t open to traffic until at least 2019. But local governments are already looking forward to any traffic relief that the new toll road might bring. In the Route 50 corridor, the hope is that motorists on Boyce Road who currently turn right to access I-79 on Route 50 will… [Read More]
Can Anybody Fix The Traffic Nightmare on Route 50?
It’s no exaggeration to say that the intersection of Washington Pike and Route 50 is literally the 10th circle of hell. If Satan himself were promoted to Pennsylvania’s Director of Transportation, he would be hard-pressed to design a crueler traffic scenario than the one that residents of Bridgeville, South Fayette, and other communities suffer through daily…. [Read More]
Can ‘Smart’ Traffic Lights Improve Congestion Along Route 50?
It’s not usual to see traffic backed up near the intersection of Washington Road and Route 50. Rush hour on that stretch of road can be positively maddening. South Fayette Township officials hope that sophisticated new traffic signals can ease the congestion. The township recently applied for $380,000 in PennDOT grant money to install eight… [Read More]