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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission opened the six-mile Southern Beltway Project from Pa. Route 60 to U.S. Route 22, also known as the Findlay Connector and formally designated as Pa. Turnpike 576, on October 11, 2006.

The Findlay Connector, which mainly traverses Findlay Township, Allegheny County, extends south from the Route 60 Expressway at the airport to U.S. Route 22 in Robinson Township, Washington County.

Drivers can enter Turnpike 576 from Pittsburgh International Airport or the Pa. Route 60 Expressway, U.S. Route 30 between Clinton and Imperial, Burgettstown Road and from U.S. Route 22 just west of the Candor Road overpass.

The PA Turnpike's electronic fare collection system (E-ZPass) is functional at all six fare collection locations serving the Findlay Connector. Dual-height, automated machines are utilized at all fare collection locations for non E-ZPass customers.

All vehicles using the Findlay Connector one direction will pass through fare collection at one of the following locations: the westbound on-ramp or eastbound off-ramp at Burgettstown Road and the westbound on-ramp or eastbound off ramp at Route 30. No vehicle can be tolled more than once using the Findlay Connector one direction.

Costs for the project totaled approximately $225 million. Construction involved 21 new bridges, more than 11.3 million cubic yards of excavation, 313,000 sq. yards of new concrete pavement and 101,400 ft. of new drainage pipe. Some 8.2 acres of replacement wetlands were constructed in Independence Township, Beaver County and turned over to the Beaver County Conservation District. The project has proved to be a catalyst for the construction of long-term treatment systems for acid mine drainage affecting the Montour Run Watershed. And, embedded along the highway is a very high bandwidth fiber optic line capable of bringing voice, data and video services to serve the PA Turnpike Commission and the needs of nearby private industry.