A portion of Route 51 in the South Hills that was closed Thursday evening due a cargo spill from a tractor trailer has reopened.
Allegheny County dispatchers said the vehicle carrying sheets of steel at Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Wabash Street lost some of its cargo shortly after 5 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
The incident caused a massive traffic backup.
The road was reopened around 5:45 p.m. but the residual effect of the closure continued to snarl traffic considerably.
Pittsburgh: Road restriction - W Saw Mill Run Rd/Wabash; tractor trailer lost 15-20 sheets of steel on the roadway; road is closed to all traffic until the steel is cleared
— Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) October 3, 2019
