{"id":619609,"date":"2026-05-02T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619609\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:17:09","slug":"fort-pitt-tunnel-reopens-saturday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619609\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pitt Tunnel reopens Saturday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe inbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel are back open Saturday morning, according to PennDOT officials. WATCH PREVIOUS VIDEO IN PLAYFINDER ABOVE The closure was reported just after 8:30 a.m. PennDOT officials say it was due to an over-height vehicle.  Crews were urging drivers to find an alternative route. The tunnel was closed for about an hour, but all lanes of roadway reopened just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The inbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel are back open Saturday morning, according to PennDOT officials. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH PREVIOUS VIDEO IN PLAYFINDER ABOVE <\/p>\n<p>The closure was reported just after 8:30 a.m. PennDOT officials say it was due to an over-height vehicle.  <\/p>\n<p>Crews were urging drivers to find an alternative route. <\/p>\n<p>The tunnel was closed for about an hour, but all lanes of roadway reopened just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The inbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel are back open Saturday morning, according to PennDOT officials. WATCH&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[240949,4,450,25317,22212,10112,26267,268656,451,268657,3,268658,15615,184335,452,453,2987],"class_list":["post-619609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-alternative-route","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-closure","tag-crew","tag-driver","tag-early-saturday-morning","tag-fort-pitt-tunnel","tag-headlines","tag-inbound-lane","tag-news","tag-over-height-vehicle","tag-penndot","tag-penndot-official","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}