Three Rivers Arts Festival To Close Some Downtown Streets

PITTSBURGH, PA - Hundreds of thousands of people will begin descending upon Downtown streets for the annual Three Rivers Arts Festival on Friday. While the festival promises abundant fun, staging an event this large will require some traffic adjustments even after the festival concludes June 16.

Here's what to expect:

June 6 to June 18, 6 p.m.

Two lanes of Commonwealth Place between Penn Avenue Extension and Ft. Duquesne Boulevard, adjacent to Point State Park, will be closed. Traffic will continue to flow in both directions in the remaining two lanes of Commonwealth Place closest to the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh hotel.

June 6, 6 p.m. to midnight; June 11, 13 and 16 8 p.m. to midnight.

For artist market load-in and load-out, two lanes of Penn Avenue Extension outbound will be closed between Stanwix Street and Commonwealth Place. All lanes of Liberty Avenue Extension inbound from the entrance to Gateway Center Parking Garage to Stanwix Street will be closed.

Parking meters and curbside lanes along Commonwealth Place between Ft. Pitt Boulevard and Liberty Avenue will be unavailable for use, as will parking eters and curbside lanes along Stanwix Street between Penn Avenue and Fort Duquesne Boulveard. The Stanwix Street Parking Garage will remain open and accessible.

• Penn Avenue Extension, outbound, will be closed between Stanwix Street and Liberty Avenue Extension (this is the area around the Gateway Center T Station).

• Liberty Avenue Extension, outbound, will be closed from Stanwix Street to the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown hotel taxi stand.

• Liberty Avenue Extension, inbound will be closed from the entrance to Gateway Center Parking Garage to Stanwix Street.

Access to all Pittsburgh Parking Authority garages and all parking garages and lots in the Cultural District will be open unless otherwise noted. The Penn Avenue bike lanes in the Cultural District will be open unless otherwise noted.