[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Streetcar Loops

[John Swindler]

>Derrick replied to
>
>On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Joshua Dunfield wrote:
>
> > > The "Braddock Avenue streetcar loop" was actually an alternate 
>alignment
> > > of Braddock Avenue from before the Parkway was built.


There was no streetcar loop at this location.  Braddock Ave. was 
straightened out as part of Parkway East construction through 
Edgewood-Swissvale in early 1950s.


> > So Braddock Ave itself moved?


Yes, as did several houses on north side Greendale Ave. to provide entrance 
(? or exit ?) ramp for Edgewood.


> > See, I thought it was a loop because the PERC map in the Carnegie 
>Library shows a "former/unusable trackage" loop around there.  Looking at 
>it again, though, the route itself takes a jog that doesn't correspondto 
>(the present) Braddock Ave, so the stuff in the picture could well be the 
>line itself.  In which case, I wonder where the loop on the PERC map was.
>


The track in the picture is original S. Braddock Ave.  It was a brick street 
that matched paving of South Braddock Ave. further north in Regent Square 
area.  The relocation of Braddock Ave. in vicinity of parkway was paved in 
concrete.

John S., ex. Edgewood resident



>Someone will probably answer before I can walk upstairs and find my copy.
>
> > (Or the PERC map might just be wrong, of course.  I haven't seen any
> > evidence of that yet, but then it's hard to find evidence invalidating
> > the map's claims for stuff that was already long gone in 1959.)
>
>There's discussion about accuracy in the archive, but I can't remember
>what the verdict was.
>

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