PennDOT will be conducting a short-term closure of Commercial Street/Forward Avenue and Nine Mile Run Trail on Thursday, June 25 weather permitting when crews perform a test run for the upcoming demolition and sliding in of the new bridge on the Parkway East.
Commercial Street/Forward Avenue will have a short-term traffic closure between Whipple Street and Summerset Drive from 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM Thursday.
During this time, Nine Mile Run Trail will be closed to all bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Nine Mile Run parking lot in Swisshelm Park and the Frick Park Commercial Street Parking lot in Squirrel Hill.
Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour:
From Commercial Street on the Swisshelm Park side
- From Commercial Street, turn onto Whipple Street
- Turn left onto Monongahela Avenue
- Turn left onto S Braddock Avenue
- Turn left onto Forbes Avenue
- Turn left onto Beechwood Boulevard
- Continue to Forward Avenue
- End Detour
From Forward Avenue on the Squirrel Hill side
- Same detour in the opposite direction
