The Port Authority of Allegheny County has stepped up the rehabilitation of stations along its Red Line rail line in Pittsburgh.
The agency began the project at the Fallowfield Station in the Beechview neighborhood.
A temporary closure of the rail line enabled the port authority to speed up its schedule of station repairs, agency officials said.
The work includes repairing concrete platforms and metal railings, replacing tactile pads, refurbishing overhead canopies, and painting.
Station repair is expected to cost $10.8 million and includes work at 18 high-platform stations.
Until the Red Line was knocked out of service by a bridge closure, the port authority had been planning to launch the station rehabilitation project in the spring.
A shift in the deck of a bridge over Saw Mill Run Boulevard led the port authority to close the Red Line on Feb. 4.
Engineers determined the bridge shifted after water penetrated a concrete portion of the bridge and froze during a winter storm.
Port authority officials have not said when the bridge will be repaired and reopened.