In 2010, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review expressed its opposition to the project, noting that there were already four bridges capable of transporting people from the Downtown area to the city's North Shore and North Side.
In 2010, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review referred to the project as "just another hole in the water into which government continues to throw money". The newspaper also noted that there were already four bridges capable of transporting people from the Downtown area to the city's North Shore and North Side.