• Never use a gas oven or stovetop for heating
your home.
• Do not use portable charcoal or propane
grills indoors.
• Do not run an automobile or gasoline engine
in an enclosed space.
• Use only space heaters that are approved by
local fire codes and properly installed.
• Check fireplaces for closed or blocked flues.
• Periodically check range pilots for soot or
carbon buildup.
The Allegheny Health Department manages
a “Lead Paint and Healthy Homes” program
covering 11 counties in southwestern PA.
Customers must be within 300% of the federal
poverty level to participate in the program,
which includes a free home inspection for
lead paint, carbon monoxide, radon and other
hazards. Visit achd.net/lead/index.html for
program details.
‘CRUSHED GRAPES’
BENEFITS SISTERS PLACE
The 14th annual wine tasting benefit for
Sisters Place, called Crushed Grapes, was held
Thursday, March 3, at the PPG Wintergarden.
The charity welcomed over 500 guests and
raised nearly $80,000. Top sponsors included
UPMC Health Plan and Jones Day.
(R-L) Volunteers Hayley
Haldeman, Dominic
Rupprecht, Kyle Graper
and Madeleine Van Dolah
take a break to pose at
Crushed Grapes.
(L-R) Sisters Place
Executive Director Sr.
Mary Parks, CSJ, posing
with Crushed Grapes
co-chairs Meg Gleason
and Robert Barth, Jr.
Photos by Cara Rufenacht
Creative
GLENWOOD
INTERCHANGE PHASE 3
PROJECT UNDERWAY
PennDOT District 11 announced that
the Glenwood Interchange Phase 3 project in
the City of Pittsburgh and West Homestead
Borough is underway.
A long-term closure of the northbound
lanes will occur on Route 837. Traffic heading
northbound on Route 837 will be shifted
into the southbound lanes near the Whemco
Building. Single-lane traffic in each direction
will be maintained in the southbound lanes. A
temporary roadway and traffic signal will allow
Route 837 to intersect with Route 885.
Closed ramps: northbound Route 837 ramp
to northbound Route 837 (Carson Street),
northbound Route 837 ramp to southbound
Route 885 (Glass Run Road/Mifflin Road),
northbound Route 837 ramp to northbound
Route 885 (Glenwood Bridge), northbound
Route 885 ramp to southbound Route 837
(Homestead).
Traffic from northbound Route 837 will
be able to access Route 885 in both directions
via the new temporary intersection. Also,
traffic from northbound Route 885 will access
southbound Route 837 at the new intersection.
Traffic from northbound Route 837 to East
Carson Street will be detoured.
POSTED DETOUR:
Continue northbound on Route 837 past
the closed ramp. At the new, temporary
intersection, turn left onto southbound Route
885. Take the Glass Run Road/Carson Street/
Homestead (to Route 837) exit. At the stop
sign turn left onto Glass Run Road. At the
traffic light, turn left onto northbound Route
885 (Mifflin Road). Take the ramp to North
837 Carson Street.
Crews from J. F. Shea Construction, Inc., will
conduct deck replacement work on Route 837
and the associated ramps as part of this $16.9
million Glenwood Interchange Phase 3 project.
Additionally, the overall project includes
pier cap repairs, lighting upgrades, safety
improvements, approach work and
other miscellaneous construction
activities. The first phase will
conclude in late October. A winter
hiatus will occur from November,
2016, through mid-February, 2017,
before the project resumes.
Motorists traveling in the
work area should allow extra time
for travel and expect possible
congestion and delays.
You can check conditions on
more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting
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 770 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone
application for iPhone and Android devices, by
calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter
alerts accessible on the 511PA website. ■
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