{"id":173183,"date":"2026-04-22T20:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/173183\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:57:30","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-getting-around-pittsburgh-during-the-nfl-draft-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/173183\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about getting around Pittsburgh during the NFL Draft \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 With one day to go until the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-click-here-full-coverage\/VSGXFA2JBVCIVLYAZQYIESQB2U\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-click-here-full-coverage\/VSGXFA2JBVCIVLYAZQYIESQB2U\/\">NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/a>, tens of thousands of people are weighing their transportation options, deciding the best way to get to the North Shore, Point State Park and Downtown Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-what-you-need-know\/KRIO7AIM65EODCUWZLFHFO56VQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-what-you-need-know\/KRIO7AIM65EODCUWZLFHFO56VQ\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt; Pittsburgh NFL Draft: What you need to know &lt;&lt;&lt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/these-are-roads-that-will-close-nfl-draft-pittsburgh\/D6SQ4WJMNRAGPNWO5INON3VR6Q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/these-are-roads-that-will-close-nfl-draft-pittsburgh\/D6SQ4WJMNRAGPNWO5INON3VR6Q\/\">road closures are already in effect<\/a>, including restrictions on the Fort Duquesne Bridge. Channel 11\u2019s Lauren Talotta saw confused drivers not knowing where to go on Wednesday, since access to Route 65 is also blocked off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Due to the increase in traffic volume and the road closures, Draft attendees are encouraged to take public transportation or utilize rideshare options. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Tonight on Channel 11 at 5 p.m., Lauren explains what she\u2019s learned about the geofence around the campus, and how that will impact travel \u2014 whether you\u2019re going to the NFL Draft or not. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 With one day to go until the start of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, tens of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31803,4623,20212,1418,3537,67946,14131,73,75,74,51138,33982,8596,20205,4081,20211,68792],"class_list":{"0":"post-173183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-downtown-pittsburgh","10":"tag-lyft","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft","13":"tag-nfl-draft-road-closures","14":"tag-north-shore","15":"tag-pittsburgh","16":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","17":"tag-pittsburgh-news","18":"tag-pittsburgh-nfl-draft","19":"tag-point-state-park","20":"tag-public-transportation","21":"tag-rideshare","22":"tag-road-closures","23":"tag-uber","24":"tag-what-you-need-to-know"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}