FreeWheeling Easy Supplement

Stadium construction has interrupted the North Shore Trail from the western end of PNC Park for 0.5 mile to Carnegie Science Center. You can work around the gap on roads, though this might be ill advised during game traffic. Stadium construction has also amputated the ramp from the Ft Duquesne walkway to ground level. You can still reach the walkway on the bridge by walking up two flights of steps (look under the bridge near the end of the walkway), or you can get downtown via the 7th St Bridge and ramp to Pittsburgh Cultural District Trail. Expect a new ramp in Spring 2002.

Look for the end of the walkway, then look nearby under the bridge for stairs. Expect a new ramp in Spring 2002. Alternatively, use the 7th St Bridge and ramp to Pittsburgh Cultural District Trail.

West of Carnegie Science Center, the trail currently ends after 0.8 mile at a marina just past W North Av. The City of Pittsburgh is extending the trail 1.5 miles west from here, to the ALCOSAN plant near the McKees Rocks Bridge. This will add the obligatory sewer plant to the trail, along with beautiful vistas of the Ohio River, marinas, and the historic State Correctional Facility. After a half-mile gap at the marina, a temporary trail of varied width and surface, mostly packed gravel, now resumes at Branchport St and runs a mile to the west end of the prison. Get there from W North Av via Preble, Franklin, and Metropolitan Sts.