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It’s that time of year again, neighbors. Your family and friends expect you to have a get-together at your house because you’re steps from the greatest view, but you’re tired and broke and don’t want to…Oh, maybe that’s just me.

Anyway, we’re going to provide you with as much information as we can about road & bridge closings and PAT transit so that you’re able to get on and off the Mount as painlessly as possible.

A happy and safe July 4th to you all!

The fireworks start at the Point at 9:35PM. WPXI–Channel 11 will broadcast the “Flashes of Freedom” Fireworks Fantasia “live,” along with a simulcast of the production on radio by KDKA-1020.

Three Rivers Regatta event schedule

Fireworks displays around town

Port Authority Transit

Port Authority will operate normal weekday service tomorrow and on a holiday schedule Saturday and Sunday. But two-car trains will be used on the Light Rail Transit system on Saturday to accommodate the Downtown fireworks display. Extra buses are scheduled to operate Saturday evening. Also, a bus shuttle will operate between the Mon Incline stations starting at 7 p.m. to augment incline service.

Roads (check back tomorrow for road closures pertaining to Mt. Washington)

• If you are driving, here’s a parking map courtesy of the EQT Three Rivers Regatta website. The city’s Fourth of July celebrations will feature free parking all day on the 4th at the Grant Street Transportation Center. The facility is located at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue above the new Greyhound terminal. It has 991 spaces. The parking fee at the Authority’s other Downtown garages will remain the normal flat weekend rate of $5.
• PennDOT will not close any lanes on the parkways.
• The major-project restrictions that will remain in place: Northbound closure of Route 28 at Etna, a single-lane inbound closure on the Parkway East from the turnpike to near the Penn Hills interchange, restrictions on Steubenville Pike at the Parkway West and full closure of the westbound McKees Rocks Bridge.

Rivers

• River closures will be in effect throughout the Fourth of July weekend for the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta.
• The Allegheny River will close for all water activities from the Seventh Street Bridge to the Heinz Field Quay from noon to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.
• Mooring of boats is prohibited on both sides of the Allegheny at all times within the closed area. For the July 4 fireworks, the closure will include the Fort Duquesne Bridge on the Allegheny River and Fort Pitt Bridge on the Monongahela River extended to the West End Bridge.
• For additional information or specific questions on river closures, visit the Coast Guard Web site.

Misc.

• Post Offices will be open tomorrow, but many will shorten retail lobby hours. Regular mail delivery for tomorrow will not be affected, but no mail will be delivered Saturday.
• State liquor stores will be open tomorrow but closed Saturday.
• Garbage pickup in the city will not be affected by the holiday.

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