Major Pittsburgh Road Closed Indefinitely For Safety Reasons

PITTSBURGH, PA — Bigelow Boulevard is closed indefinitely between the Bloomfield Bridge and Herron Avenue after a crane collided with the Finland pedestrian bridge over Bigelow on Friday. The bridge will be demolished.

“We will move as quickly as we can in order to safely reopen Bigelow Boulevard but our number one priority is to keep everyone safe, and that means taking down the Finland pedestrian bridge,” Mayor Ed Gainey said in a statement.

Here are the detour routes:

• Westbound from Baum Boulevard:

Turn right onto the Bloomfield Bridge; continue across the bridge and left onto Liberty Ave; continue on Liberty Ave to Grant St; turn left onto Seventh Ave to get back to Bigelow Boulevard.

• Westbound from Bloomfield Bridge:

Turn left onto Bigelow Boulevard; take a slight right to continue on Bigelow Boulevard;
continue on Bigelow Boulevard and turn right onto Centre Avenue ; turn right onto Herron Ave; Herron Ave will take you back to Bigelow Blvd

• Eastbound:

Turn right onto Herron Avenue; continue on Herron and turn left onto Centre Ave; motorists who want to get to Bloomfield will turn left onto Bigelow Boulevard and motorists going to Baum Boulevard will continue on Centre Avenue and turn left on North Craig Street.

The demolition process is expected to begin as early as Friday evening and last about a week. The city does not have an estimated timeline for the construction of a replacement pedestrian bridge.