Tell Us: Where is the Worst Intersection in the Sewickley Valley?
Which road, red light or stop sign do you try to avoid?
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Just before the New Year, Sewickley Patch asked readers what they would like improve in the area in 2013.
Some of the suggestions included increased business, such as a Trader Joe' grocery; more community activities and more family-friendly holiday events, such as a New Year's Eve celebration, a community Easter Egg hunt or a Fourth of July celebration at Riverfront Park.
This week, we’re asking readers to tell us, what is the worst intersection in the Sewickley area, in your opinion?
When the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge reopened in November after being closed for eight months, this helped to ease traffic congestion at the Sewickley Bridge and Broad Street.
Sewickley Council also took steps to eliminate the wait for traffic at Walnut Street and Route 65 by allowing vehicles to turn right on a red light.
So, we want to know, are there other intersections where you would like to see improvements? Which intersection in the Sewickley area is the worst in your opinion and how would you fix it?
Share your thoughts in the comments box below.
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John Linko
7:41 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Aside from what may seem to many to be the obvious answer (the bridge, the bridge, and the bridge), I've found that afternoon rush hour traffic exiting northbound I-79 at Mt. Nebo Road often backs up down the on-ramp and onto the travel lanes of the highway.
The intersection of Beaver Street and Academy Avenue also backs up when school is starting or letting out.
concerned american
2:14 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
the intersection at beaver and academy is supposed to be controlled by a police officer after school lets out for the buses and so the kids can use the crosswalk safer from S.A.
Karen Yuhas
8:07 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
The intersection of Blackburn and Scaife is dicey because of driver confusion about turns, rights of way and stops plus line of sight blocked by a stone wall. It's a simple fix, just make it a 3-way stop..
J Franklin
8:48 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Johns right---"the bridge" and "northbound I-79 Exit 68" are both in need of improvement....the other area is not far from Exit 68, and thats at the top of the hill on Mt.Nebo Road. The Intersection with Nicholson Road is very difficult, while the state (persuaded by misguided local officials?) added a traffic signal (With Crosswalk!) 1/4 mile up the road at Mt Nebo Road and Roosevelt. It takes forever to get out on Mt Nebo from Nicholson, and then you wait at Roosevelt for nothing...
John Linko
7:48 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
I believe that those roads were never intended to carry the volumes of traffic that they currently do. Ohio Township has changed dramatically from its former pastoral, rural self, and as a result Mt. Nebo and other feeder roads have been re-purposed from two-lane rural into over-used gateways to McMansions, megachurches, and big box retail.
I hope that the members of Triumph Baptist don't regret their decision to relocate up there from Sewickley, and I also hope that local, county, and state government can arrive at some consensus on how to accommodate the existing traffic loads and plan for more in the future.
Maynard G. Moody
2:22 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
The 3 lights at the bridge should be coordinated so that you can get through all of them when you are traveling on Route 65.
John Linko
7:50 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Maynard, those lights were synchronized in 2011. There appear to be demand-based sensors that will cycle an individual signal as needed for cars wanting to access 65 from the bridge or from Broad, Walnut, or Chestnut, but if there isn't any traffic you can usually cruise right through. It's the one positive aspect of the bridge area.
concerned american
2:11 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Ive sat at the light at 65 and chestnut st. before for ten minutes before it changed with no traffic on 65 and then it turns yellow before one car can make it across sometimes
John Linko
7:59 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
Concerned, I've had the same experience at the intersection of Beaver Road and Route 65 and River Road at the Glen Osborne / Haysville border, also known as the Haysville Light. Sunday morning on the way to work, this light cycled to red for Route 65 traffic with no vehicles on these side streets, and little or no traffic at all save for me.
Many traffic signals nowadays are actuated by motion sensing cameras instead of sensors embedded in the roadway. Have to wonder if that's in place at any of these lights, and if that's a factor in their misbehavior.
donna adipietro
10:42 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
The worst intersection is at the Sewickley Bridge. I am talking about those heading south towards town. The left turn lane into Sewickley is not only dangerous, but unnecessary - Walnut St. should be used for that left turn. Now, what "they" should do is create a right turn only lane onto the Sewickley Bridge. The amount of traffic that builds up is ridiculous, the right turn only lane would help with traffic flow. Where are the women engineers? Go Penn Dot [not].