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A woman walks along a bike path next to the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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The Hatfield Connector, the final portion of the Central Lawrenceville Neighborway, has been completed in under three months.
City officials announced Tuesday that the shared-use pedestrian and bike path closes a gap between 50
th and 51
st streets.
This particular portion of the bike network runs between Central Lawrenceville from 40
th and Willow Streets and Upper Lawrenceville and Stanton Heights.
The plan to build the connector was hatched in 2019, with a goal of creating a route that’s comfortable for a wider variety of cyclists by avoiding high-vehicle traffic areas, according to Eric Setzler of the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure.
Reaching new heights: Restoring Pittsburgh s stairs
Bridges, tunnels and potholes get way more attention in Pittsburgh, but what about the countless neighborhood stairs? Share Updated: 11:24 AM EDT May 4, 2021
Reaching new heights: Restoring Pittsburgh s stairs
Bridges, tunnels and potholes get way more attention in Pittsburgh, but what about the countless neighborhood stairs? Share Updated: 11:24 AM EDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript AND LINKING NEIGHBORHOODS. BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AND POTHOLES GET WAY MORE ATTENTION. BUT THESE COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOOD STAIRS? WELL, THEY’RE THE RODNEY DANGERFIELD OF PITTSBURGH’S INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU SEE CITY STEPS THAT ARE CLOSED OFF, THAT ARE FAILING, THAT ARE DANGEROUS. MAYOR BILL PEDUTO’S CHIEF OF STAFF, DAN GILLMAN, SAYS MOST OF PITTSBURGH’S 800 SETS OF STEPS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES. IT WAS AS MUCH A PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR PEOPLE GOING TO WORK AS ROADS WERE. T