The headlines surrounding Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge collapse are aplenty. Here is a collection of the latest news as of noon Tuesday. Come back to Triblive.com for more updates throughout the day and week.
More transparency on Pittsburgh infrastructure
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor introduced legislation Tuesday to create an infrastructure commission that he hopes would prevent an event like Friday’s Fern Hollow Bridge collapse from happening again
“These bills make the process of maintaining and improving our infrastructure more transparent,” O’Connor said.
Read about this effort here.
Bus freed from bridge wreckage
The site of a a 60-foot Port Authority bus from the wreckage of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge was something to behold. Read about it here.
Traffic detours around the fallen bridge
Traffic routes from the city of Pittsburgh and detours are as follows:
• Avoid the area of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse and the intersection of Forbes and South Braddock avenues.
• Local drivers and residents should follow South Dallas Avenue to Penn Avenue to South Braddock Avenue
• All regional traffic should use the Parkway East instead of Penn Avenue and other local streets.
Click here for Port Authority detours. =
In addition to the reopening of Frick Park, Public Safety has created an observation area for the public.
It will be open from dawn to dusk. Parking details can be found below. pic.twitter.com/DVK0peAtEU
— Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) January 31, 2022
This Pittsburgh couple survived the collapse
“My father described when he saw the bridge buckling, he thought he was going to die.” Click here for the full story of the Perry family, who plummeted on the bridge in their red pickup truck.
Bridges in ‘poor’ condition
There are a lot of them in Western Pennsylvania. Click here to see how many.
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Here is the latest on the Frick Park bridge collapse - TribLIVE
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