PennDOT has shut down the HOV lane from the Veterans Bridge onto I-279 in Pittsburgh after discovering a crack in one of the concrete piers that supports the bridge ramp. What was a small crack ...

The Highway Department spent time this morning scanning pier protection cells near the ... create a buffer zone for the bridge's support columns. Randy Ort with the Highway Department said despite ...

After the initial HOV pier crack was discovered in February and ... the problem could be bigger than just the three areas that we have columns, so we're working through it," Zang said.

and the four corner columns will be equipped with electrical outlets. The structure will use stamped concrete designed to match the existing pier's appearance. The Cole Park Pier Plaza originally ...