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Commuters Struggle To Deal With Liberty Bridge Construction
A huge construction project kicked off today on the Liberty Bridge.
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A huge construction project kicked off today on the Liberty Bridge.
Construction on the Liberty Bridge is only beginning, and inconveniences are already expected.
The closure of the inbound Liberty Tunnel and Liberty Bridge is only the first step in what will be a summer of commuting challenges for drivers in the South Hills.
Another major road construction project is set to begin in Pittsburgh.
Spring is just around the corner, which means road construction is also on the way.
A 7-year-old Pittsburgh Public Schools student has been taken to a hospital with a facial cut after the school van she was in slid on snow into a barrier on a ramp from the Liberty Bridge to the Veterans Bridge.
According to PennDOT, the mega project of 2016 will be the renovation of the Liberty Bridge.
"Forty-eight percent of Pittsburgh's bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete," former Gov. Ed Rendell declared in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon.
Long-suffering South Hills drivers will get no reprieve in 2015 as the work on Route 51 intensifies.
A 14-year-old robbery suspect escaped from police custody Wednesday morning, but was recaptured about an hour later.
The Liberty Tunnels were closed shortly Sunday after a gas leak was suspected.
Pennsylvania is among the nation's leaders in bridges that both lack backup protection against collapse in case a single, vital component fails and are designated by highway officials as being in need of repair, an Associated Press review of national bridge records found.
Starting as early as next week, PennDOT will post lower weight limits on more than 200 bridges in our region.
PennDOT is looking to alternate detours, after the inbound Liberty Tunnel closure created more traffic than officials anticipated.
Tunnels are the Achilles' heel of Pittsburgh traffic, so when the outbound Liberty Tunnel closes at 10 p.m. for 16 days, there's going to be a lot more traffic in the downtown area.
How did a truck drive off the Liberty Bridge and plunge 40 feet to the road below? That's the question Pittsburgh Police want to answer.
Three people were injured when a vehicle went off the Liberty Bridge ramp.
When it comes to concrete, it's relatively small, just a slip ramp from the Liberty Bridge to the crosstown expressway.
Gov. Tom Corbett is fighting to get billions of dollars to fix the state's structurally-deficient bridges.
A series of events led to damage to four vehicles and two people being sent to the hospital in ambulances.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Wednesday afternoon to signal the reopening for the newly rehabbed Lower McArdle Bridge.
Drivers are getting a break this weekend – sort of. The "bathtub" section of the Parkway East downtown – also known as Parkway Central will be completely closed until noon Saturday.
If you're coming into town this weekend, there are some big road projects you need to know about.
Inspections will take place on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh Wednesday night.
President Biden announced Sunday he is dropping his reelection bid in the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
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LeBron James will be the third basketball player – and the first men's player – to carry the U.S. flag at the start of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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