Case Study
North Shore Connector
The Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) plans to construct extensions to Pittsburgh’s existing 25-mile light rail transit system (LRT). A new 1.2- mile extension will run from Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle to Pittsburgh’s North Shore, and include partical demolition and expansion of an existing underground station and construction of a new underground station both by cut-and-cover methods. The construction will include mined