Tag: ped
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Mon Wharf Switchback wins ASHE Outstanding Highway Engineering award
The Mon Wharf Switchback pedestrian ramp has won the award for Outstanding Highway Engineering from the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE). The annual award recognizes outstanding work done by ASHE members directly related to a field of transportation, including highways, bridges, traffic signals, railroads, public transit and bikeways. The project team includes Riverlife, City…
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An improved gateway to the river has us seeing green at Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard
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…
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Mon Wharf Switchback Ramp goes vertical!
Major progress this week for the Mon Wharf Switchback project, a collaboration between Riverlife and the City of Pittsburgh! When complete, the Switchback will create a vital missing link in the downtown riverfront trail system and Great Allegheny Passage. Steel supports for the switchback ramp were put into place at the project site along the Monongahela…
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Mon Wharf Switchback site prepped for construction to begin
[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…
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Completing the Loop: The West End Bridge Gap
Riverlife’s Completing the Loop initiative is a movement to link and enhance Pittsburgh’s riverfronts between the West End, Hot Metal, and 31st Street Bridges… and beyond. As part of this work, we’re looking at some of the most challenging gaps in the city’s riverfront network. The West End Bridge spans the Ohio River just west…