Light Up Night To Force Many Downtown Pittsburgh Street Closures

PITTSBURGH, PA - Light Up Night is one of the most widely anticipated evenings of the year in Pittsburgh, but it brings with it some unavoidable inconveniences. Among them are abundant Downtown street closures to give various food vendors and entertainment stages their respective spaces.

Here is the street closure schedule for Friday, according to the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. Plan accordingly.

7:00 a.m. – midnight closures:

• Northbound Stanwix Street from Liberty Avenue to the entrance to the Fort Duquesne Parking Garage.
• Fort Duquesne Boulevard eastbound from Sixth Street to Ninth Street.
• Seventh Street and Eighth Street from Fort Duquesne Boulevard to Penn Avenue. (Parking lot and garage will remain open, with access to and from Penn Avenue only)..
• Penn Avenue from Fifth Avenue-Cecil/CLO Way to Liberty Avenue Extension.
• Andy Warhol Bridge.

9 a.m. - midnight closures:

• Fort Duquesne Boulevard, both directions between Sixth Street and Ninth Street (Ninth Street. Clemente and Carson Bridges will remain open).
• Penn Avenue from Stanwix Street to Dollar Bank at Gateway Center Three.

4:00 p.m. – midnight closures:

• Market Square, Market Street, Graeme, and lower Forbes Avenue. Upper Forbes will remain open through Macmasters Way for local traffic only.
• 4th Avenue from Stanwix Street to Wood (will reopen at 9:00 p.m.)

6:00 p.m. – midnight closures:

• Stanwix Street, both directions, from Liberty Avenue to the entrance of the Ft Duquesne Parking Garage.

Access to and from the Goodyear, Eighth Street and Penn Avenue parking lots and the Theater Square Parking Garage will be from Penn Avenue only. No access from Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
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The Clemente Bridge will be closed to pedestrians and vehicles during the fireworks display and afterward, from approximately 9:00 p.m.to 11:00 p.m.

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