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  • News release: Mon Wharf Switchback ramp complete; “Warm up at the Wharf” ribbon cutting celebration Tuesday, December 4

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    RIVERLIFE NEWS RELEASE For immediate release December 3, 2018 Download a printable PDF version of this news release. CONTACT: Stephan Bontrager, Riverlife (p) 412-258-6636 x 105 / (c) 412-606-2187 (e) Stephan@riverlifepgh.org Riverlifepgh.org PITTSBURGH – Riverlife and the City of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce the completion and public opening of the Mon Wharf Switchback in downtown…

  • Mon Wharf Switchback ramp construction nears completion

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    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]We’re getting close! The Mon Wharf Switchback construction is moving toward completion. Final work is being done this month on new habitat landscaping, electrical connections, and paving on the wharf around the base of the ramp and  around the new kayak launch.…

  • An improved gateway to the river has us seeing green at Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard

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    The Grant Street Crossing improvements are complete! Riverlife is pleased to announce that construction has finished on the improvements to the pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard in downtown Pittsburgh. The Grant Street Crossing is the first phase of Riverlife’s initiative to create a more welcoming and visible entrance…

  • Detour for Riverfront Trail at Grant Street & Ft. Pitt Blvd

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    The Three Rivers Heritage Trail/Eliza Furnace Trail portion of the Great Allegheny Passage will be detoured at the intersection of Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard December 4-8, 2017. Pedestrians should follow detour signs to the Boulevard of the Allies. The detour is to enable the construction of the second phase of the Grant Street Crossing intersection…

  • Mon Wharf Switchback site prepped for construction to begin

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    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] A long time coming, the Mon Wharf Switchback ramp project is moving forward in a big way. Last week the eastern end of the Mon Wharf was prepared for construction to begin on the ramp. The switchback is a riverfront access…