The second visit to Pittsburgh of Joe Biden’s presidency — this one to tout his administration’s investment into the nation’s crumbling infrastructure — came as the city continues to reel from one of its bridges collapsing Friday morning.
Mr. Biden, a Scranton native, stopped the site of the bridge collapse in Frick Park shortly after landing at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin. The Hazelwood visit was planned earlier this week but took on a new importance after the bridge collapse.
President Joe Biden tours a Carnegie Mellon University research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University demonstrates the use of a welding-based 3D printing machine to President Joe Biden at a Carnegie Mellon University research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden tours a Carnegie Mellon University research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden tours a Carnegie Mellon University research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Carnegie Mellon University student William Friedan Templeton and Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra, a mechanical engineering assistant professor, show tools and materials to President Joe Biden speaks at the university’s research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra speaks with President Joe Biden as he tours the university’s research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra speaks with President Joe Biden as he tours the university’s research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden wipes his forehead as he speaks with Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra during a tour of the university’s research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden looks around the room as Jojo Burgess, of USW Local 1557, introduces him to speak at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb listen to speakers ahead of President Joe Biden’s remarks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Invited guests, including Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb listen to speakers ahead of President Joe Biden’s remarks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey speaks ahead of President Joe Biden’s remarks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden is guided as he greets attendees after his remarks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey speaks on the phone as he and other elected officials and representatives from Carnegie Mellon University wait for President Joe Biden’s arrival for a tour of a Carnegie Mellon University research and development facility at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden speaks at Mill 19, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden arrives at Allegheny County Airport on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in West Mifflin. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden arrives at Allegheny County Airport on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in West Mifflin. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden arrives at Allegheny County Airport on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in West Mifflin. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)President Joe Biden arrives at Allegheny County Airport on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in West Mifflin. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Guests gather ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival at Mill 19, where he is scheduled to speak during a visit to Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Guests gather ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival at Mill 19, where he is scheduled to speak during a visit to Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A room is prepared in Mill 19 ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival to speak during a visit to Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Guests and media members gather ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival at Mill 19, where he is scheduled to speak during a visit to Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Hazelwood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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