Facilities, Infrastructure and Risk Management (FIRM)

Facilities Management & Campus Services

TO:  Shutdown Group, Facility Coordinators

FROM:  Service Response Center

SUBJECT: Temporary Road Closure on Forbes Avenue 3/7 – 3/10

 
A section of Forbes Avenue – from South Craig Street to the Tepper Quad parking garage entrance – will temporarily close at 7PM on Friday, 3/7, until 5AM on Monday, 3/10, to accommodate the assembly of a tower crane for the construction of the new Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences. During that time, the following traffic changes will be in effect:

• Vehicles traveling eastbound on Forbes Ave. will be rerouted left/north on South Craig St., right/east on Fifth Ave. and right/south on Morewood Ave. Detour signage will be posted.
• Vehicles traveling westbound on Forbes Ave. will be rerouted right/north on Morewood Ave., left/west on Fifth Ave. and left/south on South Craig St. (The city will temporarily suspend restrictions on left turns from Morewood to Fifth.) Detour signage will be posted.

The following entrances off Forbes Ave. will remain open:

• Carnegie Museums’ parking garage
• Tepper Quad parking garage
• Campus road between the Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) and Hamburg Hall

 The northern sidewalk of Forbes Ave. will remain open to pedestrians and dismounted bicyclists walking their bikes. The southern sidewalk will continue to remain closed from South Craig St. to the Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) throughout the duration of the larger construction project.

See the attached diagram for more detailed information.

Please contact Joe Yimin, CDFD Senior Project Manager, at 412-268-3334 or jyimin@andrew.cmu.edu with any questions.