Second Avenue/Tenth/Carson *also 11th street in town

[Kenneth Josephson]

Donald Galt wrote:

> On 30 Sep 00, at 8:00, Greg King wrote:
>
> >
> > Interesting stuff, anyone tell me if any of the former
> > streetcar track is still exposed around Pgh (apart from the
> > LRT lines) please?
>
> This doesn't qualify but, driving east along Bailey Avenue on Mount
> Washington and bending downhill on Beltzhoover Avenue, it looks
> for all the world (or did so a year and a half ago) as if the pavement
> were patched along the lines of former streetcar rails. Problem is,
> there was never, ever, a streetcar line along this section of
> Beltzhoover.
>
> I've mentioned this oddity to various Pittsburghers on this list, but
> they don't really take me seriously.

Perhaps underground utility lines? (i.e., gas, sewer, water)

Ken J.