Pittsburgh, PA - Port Authority is pleased to announce that the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that has been mining twin tunnels under the Allegheny River as part of the North Shore Connector project on January 15th, 2009 at approximately 10:00 a.m. successfully completed the tunnel mining portion of the project on time and on budget.

Pittsburgh, PA – The City of Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the Market Square Association’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Market Square will affect the Downtown Pittsburgh routing of three additional Port Authority of Allegheny County bus routes on Saturday, March 14, 2009.

Pittsburgh, PA – To facilitate work associated with the construction of a new Gateway T station, the intersection of Penn Avenue and Stanwix Street, and Stanwix Street between Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Penn Avenue will be closed beginning Thursday, January 8, 2009 through summer 2009.