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This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
In the 1940s, two sections of a truck bypass were built to keep heavy vehicles away from the narrow city streets on Pittsburgh's North Side. After the completion of area freeways, the truck designation became irrelevant and the two separate designations were combined. The southern terminus of the route is in the wealthy suburb of Mt. Lebanon.
The construction of the Interstate Highway System and regional parkways during the late 1950s through the early 1970s initially reduced the use and need of the belt routes. As urbanization of the county spread further out from the City of Pittsburgh, however, the Belt System helped reduce suburban congestion.
Typical steps in the South Side Pittsburgh "orphan" house with stairs-only access. Pittsburgh has nearly 800 sets of city-owned steps. Many steps parallel existing roads, but others exist on their own and are classified as city streets and are commonly referred to as "paper streets". Nearly two-thirds of the steps are in low or moderate-income ...
The area is also a City of Pittsburgh Historic District. [7] Construction of Interstate 279 sliced the neighborhood in half, such that there is now a West Deutschtown (which runs from Allegheny Commons to the Interstate and contains the active business district on East Ohio Street) and an East Deutschtown (which runs from the Interstate to Troy ...
The Pittsburgh Wayfinder map symbol, which is present on nearly all signs in the system, is a stylized neighborhood map of the city of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Wayfinder System is a series of directional and destination signs installed throughout the City of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania meant to guide travelers to popular destinations and services.
Description: A map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with its neighborhoods labeled. For use primarily in the list of Pittsburgh neighborhoods.: Date: 17 July 2007, 20:47 (UTC): Source ...
For a navigable map of Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, see list of Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.