[PRCo] Arlington/New Arlington

[Fonda J Hollenbaugh]

This has nothing to do with Josephine Street. At the turn of the last
century, what is now Arlington Avenue began at the intersection of South
18th Street and Brownsville Road at the Pittsburgh/Mt. Oliver line. From the
intersection of present day Carson Street & Arlington Avenue to the above
mentioned intersection the street was called Brownsville Road. The Route 49
Beltzhoover car was known as Route 46 Brownsviile even though it did
eventually wind up in Beltzhoover. By 1946, the road had been renamed to
avoid confusion that drivers must have experienced with the right had
continuation of Brownsville Rd in Mt.Oliver. The street had become New
Arlington Avenue. Pittsburgh Railways had to get permission from the
bankrupcy court to rename the streetcar route, probably due to expenses
associated with the renaming such as new headsigns, timetables and internal
schedule changes.

George Gula