Future site of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel

1950-02-27

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Title
Future site of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel
Creator
John R. Shrader
Identifier
MSP285.B011.F09.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B011.F09.I01
Description
Looking east toward Swissvale and Edgewood, the Union Switch and Signal Building can be seen in the center background. The first contract for preparing the plans for the new Penn-Lincoln Parkway was given to Michael Baker, Jr. of Pittsburgh in November 1943. The estimated cost of the project at the time was $20 million. The figure was underestimated because the Squirrel Hill Tunnel itself cost $18 million to build, the most expensive project ever undertaken by the Pennsylvania Department of Highways at the time. The Squirrel Hill Tunnel was dedicated on June 5, 1953.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Penn-Lincoln Parkway.
Parkway East.
Swissvale (Pa.)
Edgewood (Pa.)
Union Switch and Signal.
Gas wells--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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