Thursday, September 25, 2008
By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Traversing the Monongahela River via the busy McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge on a bicycle is difficult even for experienced riders. For novice cyclists, it is frightening and dangerous.
But pedestrians and cyclists soon will have a bridge of their own running parallel to the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge, which has narrow shoulders and no sidewalk.
Today, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and U.S. Steel Chief Executive Officer John Surma will mark the ceremonial opening of the Riverton Bridge. Donated by U.S. Steel, the former railroad span will be retrofitted for non-motorized traffic.
Scott Bricker, co-founder of the bike advocacy group Bike Pittsburgh, said cyclists take longer routes through Braddock to avoid traffic in and around McKeesport. Some cyclists have said the path through McKeesport is the most difficult and dangerous part of the 150-mile journey from western Maryland
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