Smithfield Street Bridge to close overnight in Pittsburgh

Elisa Schwartzmiller
·1 min read

Smithfield Street Bridge will be closing overnight in Pittsburgh starting May 13.

According to PennDOT, the bridge will close to traffic in both directions between Fort Pitt Boulevard and Carson Street from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night.

Crews are going to be making concrete repairs and overhead steel repairs.

Traffic will be detoured.

Detour for South of the Bridge:

  • Take East Carson Street to South Tenth Street

  • Turn onto South Tenth Street and cross the bridge

  • Turn left onto Second Avenue

  • Turn left onto B Street

  • Turn right onto First Avenue

  • Turn right onto Fort Pitt Boulevard

  • End of detour

Same detour for people traveling North of the Bridge.

Emergency vehicles and buses will be permitted on the bridge. The sidewalk will remain open to pedestrians.

Visit the PennDOT website for more information.

The Smithfield Bridge was also closed on April 26 for a construction project.

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