West End Bridge Closed Due To Police Activity
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The West End Bridge was closed in both directions due to police activity Thursday morning. .
Drivers were asked to use alternate routes, either the Fort Pitt Bridge, McKees Rocks Bridge, or Fort Duquesne Bridge.
Pittsburgh Public Safety says they responded to a call for a distressed male who had climbed the superstructure of the bridge around 8:30 a.m.
Negotiators were able to talk to him by cell phone for more than 2 hours.
He came down safely, Pittsburgh Public Safety says.
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