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The business district of town is on relatively flat land near the Allegheny River, but the main residential area is on the upward slope headed toward Oakmont Country Club and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Plum Creek flows through the borough. [5] Oakmont has three land borders, including Plum to the east, and Penn Hills and Verona to the south.
Oakmont connects to Haverford Road and Ardmore by the SEPTA private busway for the 103 bus route, originally right-of way for the trolley rails. It is the first private busway in the United States. [9] The Newtown Square Branch railway line once extended through Oakmont as well. It was cut in 1963 to terminate in Oakmont and abandoned in 1981. [9]
Oakmont Country Club is partially located within Plum's borders, according to Google Maps. The course has been consistently ranked as one of the five best by Golf Digest 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America. In 2007, Oakmont placed 5th by the magazine. [24] It is one of only a few courses ranked every year in the top ten of the publication's ...
Penn Hills has ten land borders, including Verona and Oakmont to the north, Plum Borough to the east and northeast, Monroeville to the southeast, Wilkins Township, Churchill and Wilkinsburg to the south and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of East Hills to the south, Homewood North to the southwest and Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar to the west.
Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] Haverford is named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales. It is a commuting suburb located due west of Philadelphia and is officially known as the Township of Haverford.
The bridge was named for Jonathon Hulton, one of the first landowners in the Oakmont area. The Hulton family also operated a ferry across the Allegheny River near the current bridge location until its construction. In 1989 the PA Legislature approved the renaming of the bridge in honor of the late Pennsylvania Representative Joseph F. Bonetto ...
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Oakmont is an unincorporated community in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area . [ 1 ] 40°15′07″N 76°41′24″W / 40.252°N 76.690°W / 40.252; -