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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Monday, November 17th, weather permitting, the long-term closure of Commercial Street/Forward Avenue and Nine Mile Run Trail in the City of Pittsburgh will begin. Commercial Street/Forward Avenue will close to traffic between Whipple Street and Summerset Drive continuously around-the-clock until Friday, January 30th, 2026 starting at approximately 7 A.M. on Monday, November 17th, 2025. The Nine Mile Run Trail will close continuously around-the-clock to all bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Nine Mile Run parking lot on the Swisshelm Park side and the Frick Park Commercial Street Parking lot on the Squirrel Hill side during this time. Motor vehicle traffic will be detoured, and according to PennDOT District 11, here are the detour routes for this closure as well as more information about this work:

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

 

• Crews continue to construct the new Commercial Street Bridge structure, requiring the transportation of cranes, lifting of beams, and relocating other heavy material over the roadway and trail. For the safety of the public, roadway and trail must be clear of vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic as through the work zone as these operations occur overhead.