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Pittsburgh International Airport has a sizeable freight business, with a Free-trade zone of 5,000 acres (20 km 2), access to three class-one railroad freight lines, one interstate highway, and a location a few miles from the nation's second largest inland port [96] and within 500 miles of 80% of the nation's population. [97]
Once largely rural, the West Hills area has grown considerably since the addition of the Pittsburgh airport in 1951. The airport's main terminal moved to Findlay Township in 1991 on land that once was a farm. With an empty terminal area in Moon, development on expanding the area's corporate business parks continued.
The first segment of the highway between PA 60 (now I-376) and Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay Township and US 22 in Robinson Township opened to traffic on October 11, 2006. The second segment of the highway between US 22 and I-79 in Cecil Township near the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies opened to traffic on October 15, 2021.
The route, running along Ardmore Boulevard, Penn Avenue and Washington Boulevard, heads west from I-376 and runs through the eastern districts of the city. PA 8 has intersections with Pennsylvania Route 380 and Pennsylvania Route 130 prior to crossing the Allegheny River and exiting Pittsburgh. PA 8 is a major street in downtown Butler.
From the state of Ohio, I-80 enters the Western Pennsylvania area which encompasses Mercer, Venango, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson, and Clearfield counties. This segment crosses the Allegheny Plateau . In Mercer County, I-80 intersects I-376 (serving Pittsburgh International Airport and Downtown Pittsburgh ) in Shenango Township and I-79 (serving ...
These include management of Pittsburgh International Airport as well as Allegheny County Airport. The authority is also a key lobbying and public interest agency often representing the local aviation industry and related industry interests in Harrisburg (the state capital ) and on the federal level.
Meanwhile, ground was broken August 27, 1990, on the Southern Expressway, a $190 million, 7.5-mile (12.1 km) highway built to serve a new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. The new highway began at the Beaver Valley Expressway northwest of the airport and followed the western and southern edges of the airport to meet the Penn-Lincoln ...
Moon Township is home to Pittsburgh International Airport, the primary international airport serving Greater Pittsburgh, with Findlay Township. The township is home to the Air Force Reserve Command 911th Airlift Wing, which was established in 1943. [19] Moon is also home to the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.