{"id":72044,"date":"2025-12-28T15:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72044\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:18:12","slug":"first-night-festivities-will-impact-over-30-prt-bus-routes-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72044\/","title":{"rendered":"First Night festivities will impact over 30 PRT bus routes; here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 First Night festivities will impact Pittsburgh Regional Transit Services on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On Friday, PRT said more than 30 bus routes in Downtown Pittsburgh will be detoured on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The first street closures begin at 10 a.m. and will impact Stanwix Street (Liberty Avenue to Fort Duquesne Boulevard\/Gateway Garage) and Fifth Avenue Extension (Highmark Garage to Fort Duquesne Boulevard). As a result, the following bus routes will be detoured: <\/p>\n<p>8-Perrysville 13-Bellevue 16-Brighton 17-Shadeland 20-Kennedy 21-Coraopolis22-McCoy 24-West Park26-Chartiers 27-Fairywood29-Robinson 31-Bridgeville 36-Banksville38-Green Tree G3-Moon Flyer G31 Bridgeville Flyer O1 Ross Flyer O5 Thompson Run Flyer O12 McKnight Flyer 19L-Emsworth Limited<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A second round of street closures happens at 4 p.m. It will impact Seventh Street (Liberty Avenue to Fort Duquesne Boulevard), Penn Avenue (Ninth Street to Cecil Place) and Eighth Street (Liberty Avenue to Fort Duquesne Boulevard). Those closures will cause detours for the following buses:<\/p>\n<p>1-Freeport Road 2-Mount Royal4-Troy Hill6-Spring Hill 7-Spring Garden 11-Fineview 12-McKnight 15-Charles 86-Liberty 87-Friendship 88-Penn 91-Butler Street P13-Mount Royal Flyer<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideprt.org\/Detours\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rideprt.org\/Detours\/\">Click here for a full list of detours.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Those detours will be in place through the remainder of service on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PRT\u2019s administrative officers and the Downtown Service Center will be closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Light-rail services will also be running on a holiday schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideprt.org\/siteassets\/schedule-adjustments\/october-2025\/red_silver-holiday-eff-10.19.25-thxxmasnyd-web.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rideprt.org\/siteassets\/schedule-adjustments\/october-2025\/red_silver-holiday-eff-10.19.25-thxxmasnyd-web.pdf\">Click here for more details on how the holiday schedule impacted light-rail services.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Anyone with questions is encouraged to call PRT Customer Service at 412-442-2000. A live chat is also available at <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.rideprt.org\/link\/80a5d10d4b8348b5b55001859421bc98.aspx__;!!F8-Dj6fVkZI!efayQDxpBj5P0r0nJOyKB7qmNlM1sTCIvMFUNEJy7G9HSW06LFxSRUsRYCjDZeH2W6QstK4QrR1oldWx$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.rideprt.org<\/a>.<\/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\">\u00a92025 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 First Night festivities will impact Pittsburgh Regional Transit Services on New Year\u2019s Eve. 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