New Traffic Signals to be Activated in the Coming Weeks
October 4, 2024
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (October 4, 2024) - Over the next several weeks, Pittsburgh Regional Transit electrical subcontractors will be activating 35 recently installed traffic signals at 16 intersections along Fifth and Sixth avenues in downtown Pittsburgh.
Crews will work at one intersection at a time on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting along Fifth Avenue on Monday, and work at each intersection is expected to take one to two days. Most of the work should have minimal impact to vehicular traffic.
Safety personnel will direct traffic while the new signals are activated and the old signals are deactivated at the following locations:
- Fifth Avenue and Liberty Avenue
- Fifth Avenue and Market Street
- Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
- Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street
- Fifth Avenue and William Penn Place
- Fifth Avenue and Grant Street
- Fifth Avenue and Ross Street
- Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue
- Sixth Avenue and Centre Avenue
- Sixth Avenue and Ross Street
- Sixth Avenue and Grant Street
- Sixth Avenue and William Penn Place
- Sixth Avenue and Smithfield Street
- Sixth Avenue and Wood Street
- Sixth Avenue and Liberty Avenue
- Liberty Avenue and Seventh Street
The 35 new traffic signals will support the University Line bus rapid transit project in downtown Pittsburgh. Construction on the University Line began in September 2023. The University Line will feature dedicated bus lanes and enhanced transit amenities, connecting downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland, Pennsylvania’s second- and third-largest economic centers. The $291 million project is expected to be operational by 2027.
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