CITY OF PITTSBURGH BUREAU OF POLICE “...accountability, integrity and respect.”

CHIEF’S OFFICE 1203 Western Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15223

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: PIO Diane Richard November 16th, 2011 412-323-7814 Office 412-323-7820 Fax [email protected]

LIGHT UP NIGHT ROAD CLOSURES & FESTIVITIES

PITTSBURGH: –The City of Pittsburgh 2011 Light Up Night will be held on Friday, November 18th, 2011. 2011 Light Up Night will include various activities that can be found on the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership website.

Light Up Night Road Closures 11-18-11 The following roadways will be closed for all the events for Light Up Night Celebration:

Unveiling Of Macy’s Window

The streets that will be shut down at 1630 hours by off-duty officers to accommodate the pedestrians watching the “Unveiling of the Macy’s Window” are as follows:

 Smithfield Street between Fourth Ave and & Fifth  The road will be shut down from 1800 hours to 2030 hours. The window will be unveiled at 1815 hours. The Port Authority buses will be allowed to use Smithfield Street from 1630- 1800 hours. After 1800 hours, all bus traffic will be detoured. Off duty officers will man the barricades at Smithfield & Fifth, Smithfield & Forbes and at Smithfield & Fourth.

Santa Spectacular

The following streets will be shut down for the “Santa Spectacular” in Point State Park:

 Commonwealth Place will be closed from 1600-2200 hours. Off duty officers will man the barricades at Commonwealth & New Penn and Commonwealth & Ft Duquesne Blvd. Wyndam Valet vehicles will be permitted through

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The following streets will be shut down for the “Highmark Unity Tree Lighting”:

 1400-1645 hours – Delray will close and set up on Fifth Ave Place sidewalk will take place  1800-2200 – Liberty Ave between Fifth Ave & Stanwix will close. An off duty officer will man the road closure  Holly Trolly vehicle will be permitted to be parked on Liberty Ave between Fifth Ave & Stanwix St from 1800-2200.  The parade will go through this area approximately 1845 hours.  Highmark Truck will be parked on Stanwix St between Penn Ave & Ft Duquesne Blvd.

Light Up Night Festivities

The following streets will be shut down for the “Light Up Night Festivities”:

 Fourth Ave between Wood & Stanwix St from 1000-2200  Forbes Ave at Wood and all of Market Square from 0900-2400  Roberto Clemente Bridge from 0500-0100  Andy Warhol Bridge from 0900-2400  Rachel Carson Bridge from 2215-2200 for fireworks show only  Ft Duquesne Blvd outbound between Stanwix & Rachel Carson Bridge from 1800-2200  A rolling closure for a march assisted by (4) off-duty motorcycle officers will take place at 1800 hours. The route is as follows: Form on Ross St between Fifth & Sixth. Left onto Sixth, left onto Grant St. Right onto Fifth Ave, Left onto Penn Ave end at Stanwix & Penn Ave.

Horse & Carriage Parade Road Closures – 11-19-11

The following roadways will be closed for the Horse & Carriage Parade

 Forbes Ave between Wood & Stanwix and all of Market Square1200-2200

Parade Route closed from 1700-2100

 11th Street between Ft Duquesne Blvd and Grant St  Grant St (inbound lanes only) between 12th St and Fifth Ave  Fifth Ave between Grant St & Liberty Ave  Liberty Ave between Stanwix & 11th St  Wm Penn between Oliver & Forbes Ave  Smithfield St between Forbes & Oliver  Wood St between Forbes Ave & Oliver

Media Parking:

Media trucks will be permitted to park on Ft. Duquesne Blvd. between Sixth and Stanwix along the median curb lane ONLY! ########

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