The Latest Breaking News from Frick Park

For those affected by Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge collapse, humor and resilience got them through to its reopening

PITTSBURGH — Only in Pittsburgh can a catastrophe that makes national news beget a Christmas tree ornament — 3,221 sold as of Tuesday for $10 each from handmade goods vendor Etsy, Inc.

Tribune News Service · Dec 26, 2022

State ordered Pittsburgh bridge to be inspected more frequently years before collapse

PITTSBURGH — As far back as 2014, the state of Pennsylvania found enough problems with the Fern Hollow Bridge over Frick Park that it said inspections should be launched every year instead of every 24 months, a state official told the Post-Gazette on Monday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Crews at Pittsburgh bridge collapse site hoist Port Authority bus, other vehicles from wreckage

PITTSBURGH — Crews on Monday evening used a massive crane to hoist the trapped Port Authority bus out of the wreckage from Friday’s Forbes Avenue bridge collapse, capping the daylight hours that saw other vehicles also lifted out of the rubble, Frick Park reopen to the public and a viewing…

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh; 10 hurt

PITTSBURGH — The bridge that carries Forbes Avenue through Frick Park collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday morning.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022