{"id":281578,"date":"2026-09-08T16:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281578\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:58:19","slug":"pittsburghs-rialto-street-during-repairs-to-bridge-above-roadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281578\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh\u2019s Rialto Street during repairs to bridge above roadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh\u2019s Rialto Street will close to traffic starting Monday as crews make repairs to the Lowrie Street Bridge in Troy Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Rialto Street, located under the bridge, is expected to close for one to two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The bridge\u2019s concrete beams and concrete deck were replaced in 2020-2021, but the city said it has maintained a \u201cpoor\u201d rating due to the condition of the abutments, which support each end of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Crews will work to replace aging and deteriorating stones and clean and repoint the abutment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The scheduled work will require a long-term closure on Rialto Street between Ley Street and Route 28. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pedestrians will still be able to access Rialto Street, but vehicles will be detoured via Route 28, Chestnut Street and Troy Hill Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Lowrie Street Bridge is expected to remain open throughout construction. <\/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 Pittsburgh\u2019s Rialto Street will close to traffic starting Monday as crews make repairs to the Lowrie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73834,117684,73,75,74,117685,6654,11809],"class_list":["post-281578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bridge-repairs","tag-lowrie-street-bridge","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-rialto-street","tag-road-closure","tag-troy-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281578","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=281578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}