Traffic Advisory

Upcoming Events in Oakland to Close Bigelow Boulevard between Fifth/Forbes Avenue

On Friday, February 26, 2016, a ‘March’ will be held from 4 – 5 p.m. as part of the USAS/USW national conference being held in Pittsburgh from February 26-27, 2016. Set-up will begin at 2:45 p.m. Bigelow Boulevard is to close from 2:30 – 5 p.m.

On Saturday, February 27, 2016, a ‘March for Bernie’ will be held from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Set-up for volunteers begins at 9 a.m. Bigelow Boulevard is to close from 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. Participants will march from Bigelow Boulevard to Market Square via Fifth Avenue. Anticipate travel delays as participants, estimated to be 2,000 make their way to Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh.

• This lane closure is due to a new project that is adjacent to SkyVue
• Due to such close proximity and zero laydown area, the City awarded a permit to close off the farthest left driving lane to allow the project team for the hotel to have space to store necessary equipment and materials
• The lane is, and will remain closed from now – February of 2017
• However, only half of the length of the lane between Craft and Halket (the portion in front of hotel project site – to – Halket, or, second 1/2 of block) will remain closed. The portion from Craft to the hotel site (approx. first 1/2 of the block) will re-open when SkyVue is finished later this year

• This will remain closed for the remainder of the SkyVue project schedule
• The parking lane will remain closed through the duration of the hotel project, February 2017. But this is the same as the driving lane – only the portion in front of the hotel – to – Halket will be closed