Aerial view of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway - Downtown Interchange

1958

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Aerial view of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway - Downtown Interchange

Title
Aerial view of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway - Downtown Interchange
Creator
John L. Alexandrowicz
Identifier
MSP285.B011.F04.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B011.F04.I01
Description
Downtown Pittsburgh Interchange showing multiple approach and exit ramps along with the Boulevard of the Allies (right center) and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (left near the banks of the Monongahela River). Starting from the left and spanning the Monongahela River are the 10th Street Bridge, Liberty Bridge, Monongahela River or Panhandle Bridge, Smithfield Bridge, Forth Pitt Bridge, and the Point Bridge. The entire 27-mile Penn-Lincoln Parkway (Interstate 376), constructed under the Federal Highway Act of 1956, would connect Pittsburgh with the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the east and the Greater Pittsburgh Airport to the west.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Penn-Lincoln Parkway.
Parkway East.
Boulevard of the Allies (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
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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