The Monongahela Incline reopened Friday, six weeks after it was closed for repairs to its electrical system.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit closed the nation’s oldest such incline on March 5, when a pair of resistors failed. That issue caused the brakes to engage when they weren’t supposed to, according to the transit authority.
Crews installed new parts and began testing the incline last weekend. It passed inspection by the State Department of Licensing & Inspection Friday and reopened at 3 p.m., the transit authority said in a news release.
The repairs are covered under a 2022-2023 rehabilitation project contract and will not cost the authority or county taxpayers any additional money.
The incline has closed several times for various reasons over the last year.
Philadelphia-based Talson Solutions, a capital project advisory and consulting services company, began work this month to conduct an independent review of the incline’s contracts, procedures and protocols. PRT officials said the authority hopes this will improve reliability, maintenance and operations on the historic infrastructure.
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