One of Pittsburgh’s more popular bridges will be restricted to one lane in each direction all summer.
Motorists who travel the 16th Street Bridge should expect delays, beginning June 3, while crews from Saxonburg’s Advantage Steel and Construction perform repairs.
The span, also known as the David McCullough Bridge, connects the city’s North Side and Strip District.
Cost of the work is $1 million. It includes structural repairs, new fencing and paving. There will also be work on the downspouts, barriers and decks, said Stephen Shanley, Allegheny County public works director.
One of the two sidewalks will remain open throughout construction.
Both lanes of the bridge will be open to traffic July 3-7 to lessen the impact of Independence Day holiday traffic but restrictions will be in place again July 8.
County Project Manager Jeanna Fisher said about 15,100 vehicles use the bridge each day.
Work is being done in conjunction with PennDOT and the Federal Highway Administration and is expected to wrap up in early September.
Built in 1922, the arched bridge stretches 1,900-feet across the Allegheny River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The bridge was named for author and Pittsburgh native McCullough in 2013.
