[PRCo] Re: Liberty Tubes

[John Swindler]

>From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Liberty Tubes
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:20:40 -0400
>
>That's the south end all right.
>The right-of-way for the Overbrook lines is up even higher than what is
>visiable in this photo.
>The car is probably a 39 Brookline or 38 Mt. Lebanon.  Those lines used
>to come down  Arlington Avenue to the left of the tunnels, briefly onto
>Rt. 51 before
>turning up West Liberty Ave.


How about coming down Washington Ave., later Warrington Ave.  Arlington 
Avenue started intersection Brownsville Ave. (later renamed Arlington Ave.) 
and Warrington Ave. at top of Knoxville Incline, and extended southeast to 
Mt. Oliver, then eastward above Birmingham towards what's now Arlington 
Heights.

John



>In the 30's a right-of-way ramp was built off of line 42 Dormont so that 
>routes 38 and 39 could cross highway Rt.
>51, and descend into the middle of West Liberty Ave.
>
>matt
>Mark McGuire wrote:
>

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