[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Streetcar Loops

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Matt Barry wrote:

> I used to drive passed there and wondered why the original Braddock
> veered off so far from where it eventually connected up again with the
> rest of Braddock Ave.   I mean, if the newer concrete Braddock didn't
> exist, what was there before?   And the old Braddock seemed to be
> travelling back towards Pittsburgh.    So, one travelled down the
> original Braddock and then made a sharp swerve left back up to meet with
> the rest of Braddock?

Well, I found at least one map which showed a road going down to meet
Commercial St by the Irish Center, leaving from the apex of the bend on
Braddock before realignment.

> I know the streetcars then would have had to travel up off Braddock onto
> the street (name it, someone) that carried the cars into Swissvale.

Monongahela.