Pennsylvania Route 576

Penna. Tpk. 576
Pittsburgh Southern Beltway Findlay Connector
Map of the route as it exists currently
Route information
Maintained by PTC
Length:	6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Existed:	October 11, 2006 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-376 in Findlay Township
	US 30 in Findlay Township
Current east end:	US 22 in Robinson Township
Location
Counties:	Allegheny, Washington
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Byways Legislative ← PA 572 I-579 →

Pennsylvania Route 576 (PA 576), the Southern Beltway, is a partially completed tolled highway in the southern and western suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Upon completion it will serve as a southern beltway around the metro Pittsburgh area from the Pittsburgh International Airport to the historic Steel Valley of the Monongahela River.

The first section of the highway from Interstate 376 near Pittsburgh International Airport to U.S. Route 22 opened on October 11, 2006 at 3 p.m. Construction on a segment of the beltway that will link US 22 to I-79 near the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies is currently underway and planned for a 2019 opening, while the final segment from I-79 to PA Turnpike 43 is pending. Federal approval has been given for both segments. Although PA 576 runs north–south between I-376 and US 22, the route is signed as east–west to reflect the routing that the completed beltway will take; PA 576 will begin to have a more general east–west routing when the second leg to I-79 opens in 2019.

Like the Mon–Fayette Expressway, the Southern Beltway will have no direct connection to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's mainline despite being built and maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC). (Both the tolled section of Interstate 376 and the tolled section of PA 66 as well as the Northeast Extension have direct connections to the Turnpike's mainline.) Both highways, however, will have indirect connections with the Turnpike's mainline via I-376.