The tunnels are shut down in Pittsburgh

[spinbaby]

Both Fort Pitt and Squirrel Hill during rush hour for a "police investigation."

On edit--looks like total gridlock. For those of you unfamiliar with Pittsburgh, these tunnels are major commuter routes.

Channel 4 just said it was a bomb threat.

[JVS]

1. Ruh roh!

[RPM]

16. Feh.

It's only Alan Faneca blocking the tunnels in a protest to get a new contract from the Steelers.

Grrrr!

[PA Democrat]

2. Jeez. That will be a mess for anyone trying to get home.

I hate those tunnels.

[PA Democrat]

3. KDKA is reporting that the shut down is due to an "unspecified threat".

[spinbaby]

6. Bomb threat

Called in from a pay phone on Carson Street early in the afternoon and threatened to blow the tunnels at 6:00.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Ouch!

I miss da Burgh....But damn, what a bummer at this time of day! :o

[Rick Myers]

5. That's gonna be one HELL of a traffic jam!!!

Mt hometown is Youngstown, OH, and the Pitt tunnel is the ONLY way into town from that side of the city!!!

[PA Democrat]

8. Yeah. It will be nasty.

I had to drive through the Squirrel Hill Tunnels everyday when I worked in Pittsburgh. I remember being tied up for hours because of an accident in one side of one of the tunnels. I can't imagine BOTH tunnels being shut down in both directions.

[partylessinOhio]

7. Just the daily "FEAR" alert to keep your eyes off the important things

being pulled on America.

Wake up, people!

[KG]

9. mooninites!

[spinbaby]

10. They're talking about shutting down the Liberty Tubes

No one's getting home in Pittsburgh tonight.

[PA Democrat]

11. Jeez, why not all the bridges while they're at it? Then you are guaranteed that no one can get out

of town.

[TwilightGardener]

17. That's how I used to get home everyday to the South Hills--

shutting down tunnels in the 'Burgh, especially the Tubes, is a bad, BAD day for a lot of people. Ah, Pittsburgh and its unique topography. Good times!

[China_cat]

12. And, according to my sister

there's a hell of a storm headed that way. She's in Harmony and the storm is heading south.

[spinbaby]

13. Extra added bonus

Looks like there's a thunderstorm going on. They're reporting that they found a package near the Liberty Tubes.

[cloudbase]

14. That's gonna be a mess.

I grew up in Oakland, so had to go through the tunnels to get to the airport or to see my brother out in Monroeville.

[spinbaby]

15. Tunnels have been reopened

Pittsburgh commuters still screwed. Terror accomplished.