A key bridge connecting Oakland and Squirrel Hill will fully reopen for the first time in two years.<\/p>\n
While the Panther Hollow Bridge temporarily allowed cars for July\u2019s Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, the Schenley Park roadway has been closed since Oct. 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reported concerns during a safety inspection prompted the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to assess the structure. The department then worked with inspectors and engineers to create a repair plan.<\/p>\n In 2025, local contractor Mosites Construction was awarded the project. Officials report the project\u2019s budget remained under the original $2.23 million estimate.<\/p>\n The Panther Hollow Bridge spans 640 feet and was built in 1896, then refurbished in 1999. Repairs began Feb. 2026<\/a>, including general maintenance, drainage improvements and steel truss retrofits.<\/p>\n Construction recently completed with no major setbacks.<\/p>\n Many Pittsburgh drivers were using Panther Hollow Bridge as a detour<\/a> for fellow Schenley Park bridge, the Charles Anderson Bridge<\/a>, which closed in 2023 for repairs. Work on that bridge is expected to end by 2028.<\/p>\n Cars will be able to cross Panther Hollow by 7 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A key bridge connecting Oakland and Squirrel Hill will fully reopen for the first time in two years.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-264742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264742","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=264742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}