What's Closed on Labor Day?

Today is Labor Day, which means it’s time to celebrate for about 153.2 million people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, that’s the number of people age 16 and older in the nation’s labor force as of July 2011.

Here are a few other fun facts about this American holiday from the Census Bureau. The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. The event was organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary.

By 1893, more than half the states were observing Labor Day on one day or another. Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward, designating the first Monday in September as Labor Day. 

These days, most people celebrate Labor Day by taking time off from work, doing a little relaxing or maybe catching one last day at the . With that in mind, here’s a look at what’s closed in the area.

will be closed Monday, as will the and the Cranberry branch of the. State liquor stores also are closed.

Trash and recycling pickup by Waste Management will be delayed one day.

The Port Authority of Allegheny County on Monday will operate all bus, light-rail and incline service on a holiday schedule during Labor Day.

The authority also will operate detours on more than 30 bus routes that travel through Downtown, the Hill District and on Bigelow Boulevard to Oakland during Pittsburgh's annual Labor Day parade Downtown.  Those changes will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, authority officials said,

The authority's telephone information line will operate from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its Downtown Service Center will be closed.

Riders traveling this weekend should be aware of schedule adjustments along around 30 routes starting Sunday. Brochures detailing temporary stop and schedule changes are posted at portauthority.org and will be available at major schedule rack locations. 

For more information, go to portauthority.org or call customer service at 412-442-2000 or for TTY, 412-231-7007.

On behalf of Cranberry Patch, we wish our readers a happy holiday!