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Interchange between PRCo and Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway from 1907 until 1931. PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA Route 28) [3] 3 Millvale: by 1915 [1] Sep 2, 1952 [2] PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA 28 as with the 2) [3] 4 Troy Hill: by 1915 [1] Jul 7, 1957 [2] Loop was in Troy Hill at Lowrie and Roessler Streets.
Pittsburgh Citizens Traction Company c. 1894. 1895 to 1905 was a time of consolidation for the numerous street railways serving Pittsburgh. On July 24, 1895 the Consolidated Traction Company (CTC) was chartered and the following year acquired the Central Traction Company, Citizens Traction Company, Duquesne Traction Company and Pittsburgh Traction Company and converted them to electric ...
The 4000-series PCC was a rebuilt PCC streetcar used by the Port Authority of Allegheny County.Originally designed by the Presidents' Conference Committee, a group of transit operators in the United States and Canada, the 4000's were a series of PCC cars completely rebuilt from cars built in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company for Port Authority's predecessor, Pittsburgh Railways.
The 47D was the last line in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to use PCC streetcars.It originally was part of an interurban trolley line that ran from Pittsburgh to Washington, Pennsylvania [1] until 1953, when the service was cut back to the Allegheny County border at Drake [2] and all trolleys turned using the newly constructed loop, situated below the trestle.
PA 8: One of the longest Pennsylvania state routes, this highway's southern terminus is located in Wilkinsburg, at an interchange with Interstate 376. The road then forms that borough's main street as Ardmore Boulevard, before entering Pittsburgh city limits. As the busy Penn Avenue and Washington Boulevard, the highway is a backbone of the ...
Horse cars operated in South Side until 1923. In 1915, the horse-drawn trolleys and the electric trolley met at the corner of Eighteenth and Sarah Streets. The electric cars turned into what were called street cars. They were the most common means of travel around Pittsburgh and South Side, until the first incline was opened.
Various companies consolidated to create Florida's largest streetcar system. [50] Electric February 24, 1893 December 12, 1936 [50] Jacksonville and LaVilla Street Railway: Horse January 24, 1885 1895 [50] Pine Street Railway Horse 1882 Name Changed to Main Street Railway when the street name was changed by the city. Main Street Railway Horse ...
The last day of streetcar service on downtown Pittsburgh streets and over the Smithfield Street Bridge was July 6, 1985, although the final crossing of the bridge by a streetcar did not take place until 1:40 a.m. on July 7. [6] The former streetcar right-of-way was converted into a paved roadway for northbound traffic.