Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction

1958

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Title
Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction
Creator
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Identifier
MSP285.B011.F06.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B011.F06.I03
Description
The 3,614 foot long, over 28 foot wide Fort Pitt Tunnel opened September 1, 1960, as the last link in the Penn Lincoln Parkway. The Fort Pitt Tunnel groundbreaking ceremony was held April 17, 1957, and the drilling began on August 28. Estimated cost for the new tunnels was $17 million. The downtown portals are vertically offset to allow traffic to mesh with the stacked deck of the Fort Pitt Bridge. Traffic into downtown crosses the bridge on the upper deck. Outbound traffic uses the lower bridge deck and passes into a tunnel portal, which is about 30 feet lower in elevation. Of the highway tunnels in Allegheny County, the Fort Pitt Tunnels are third in length behind the Liberty Tubes (5,889 feet) and the Squirrel Hill Tunnels (4,225 feet) on the Parkway East.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Fort Pitt Tunnel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Penn-Lincoln Parkway.
Parkway West.
Tunnels--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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