{"id":191361,"date":"2026-05-13T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:10:07","slug":"multiple-pittsburgh-roads-to-close-for-rush-to-crush-cancer-bike-ride-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191361\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Pittsburgh roads to close for \u2018Rush to Crush Cancer\u2019 bike ride this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Roads will be closed across multiple Pittsburgh neighborhoods on Sunday for the fourth annual PNC Presents Rush to Crush Cancer bike ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">More than 600 cyclists are expected to participate, raising over $1 million for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, according to organizer P3R. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Courses include <a href=\"https:\/\/rush-to-crush-cancer.cdn.prismic.io\/rush-to-crush-cancer\/adWe651ZCF7ES8SJ_2026RushtoCrushCancer8MileMap%26TurnByTurn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/rush-to-crush-cancer.cdn.prismic.io\/rush-to-crush-cancer\/adWe651ZCF7ES8SJ_2026RushtoCrushCancer8MileMap%26TurnByTurn.pdf\">8-mile<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvODFuZ3k3MjZldl8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfMTVfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2015%20Mile%20Course.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvODFuZ3k3MjZldl8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfMTVfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2015%20Mile%20Course.pdf\">15-mile<\/a> options that start on Blaire Street in Hazelwood Green, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvNDF5MzJkbXNtdV8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfMzBfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2030%20Mile%20Course.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvNDF5MzJkbXNtdV8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfMzBfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2030%20Mile%20Course.pdf\">30-mile<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvOTJsenF0ZmM5bF8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfNjBfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2060%20Mile%20Course.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/p3r.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjYvMDUvMTMvOTJsenF0ZmM5bF8yMDI2X1IyQ0NfNjBfTWlsZV9Db3Vyc2UucGRmIl1d\/2026%20R2CC%2060%20Mile%20Course.pdf\">60-mile<\/a> courses that start at Central Elementary School in Hampton Township. All courses will finish on South Water Street near South Short Riverfront Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Road closures for the 8-mile and 15-mile rides will be in effect from roughly 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">These roads will be impacted across Hazelwood, Downtown, the North Shore, the North Side and the South Side:<\/p>\n<p>Second AvenueGrant StreetLiberty AvenueRiver AvenueEast General Robinson StreetSandusky StreetAllegheny CommonsFederal StreetFifth AvenueEast Station Square DriveSouth Water Street<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Andy Warhol Bridge and 31st Street Bridge will close temporarily during the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Although the 30-mile and 60-mile rides won\u2019t need road closures, drivers are still encouraged to be alert for cyclists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Parking will not be allowed along the 15-mile course starting at 4 a.m. on Sunday. Residents and businesses along the course are told to plan ahead and give themselves extra travel time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushtocrushcancer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rushtocrushcancer.org\/\">Click here<\/a> for more information about the event.<\/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 Roads will be closed across multiple Pittsburgh neighborhoods on Sunday for the fourth annual PNC Presents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4526,64403,85204,85205,577,18854,73,85206,75,74,38999,4081,14832,83789,83793],"class_list":["post-191361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bike","tag-bike-race","tag-bike-ride","tag-bike-ride-road-closures","tag-closed","tag-p3r","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-bike-ride","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-road-closed","tag-road-closures","tag-roads","tag-rush-to-crush-cancer","tag-upmc-hillman-cancer-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191361","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=191361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}