A pair of Pittsburgh-area bridges reopened Saturday morning after 26 barges broke loose the previous night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, damaging a marina, authorities said.

The National Weather Service says the Ohio River in Pittsburgh appears to have crested just after 6 a.m. at 28.37 feet, just shy of the major flood stage mark at 28.37 feet.

Pittsburgh first responders rescued a dog that fell over a hillside and into the Ohio River on the city’s South Shore. On Monday, River Rescue and medics were dispatched behind the building at ...