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The average South Side family income in 2003 was $41,353. [5] East Carson St. has restaurants, bars, and shops that help support the economy of the South Side. The large variety of shopping along E. Carson Street and SouthSide Works is also a factor in the South Side's economy. There are a variety of locally owned stores and other retailers.
Eighteen of Pittsburgh's large bridges are visible in this aerial photo The bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented valleys, hillsides, river plains, and isolated communities. A 2006 study determined that, at the time, Pittsburgh had 446 bridges, though that number has been disputed ...
View of the SouthSide Works from the South Side slopes. The site first was used for industry starting in 1893 and was a long time steel mill. [2] Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) purchased Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1974 and merged with Republic Steel in 1985, which formed LTV Steel Co. LTV became the second largest steel producer in the nation.
General James O'Hara and Major Isaac Craig, the pioneers of the glass industry in Pittsburgh, opened the first glass factory in the county in South Side, near the present-day Duquesne Incline parking area. By the early-to-mid 19th century, South Side was known as the center of glass industry in the United States of America. In 1876, there were ...
Built between 1931 and 1933, this bridge connects South Tenth Street on the South Side to Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnel under the Bluff. A staircase leads from the northern terminus of the bridge up to the campus of Duquesne University on the Bluff. In 2015, the bridge was one of three bridges to have bike specific lanes installed.
Diamond Street – Tenth Street Bridge, South Side: Chatham Square / Washington Place to PA 380 (Bigelow Boulevard) – East End: Pride Street – UPMC Mercy: Birmingham Bridge / Kirkpatrick Street to PA 837 – South Side: PA 885 west (Boulevard of the Allies) to I-376 west: Exit ramp; no access to PA 885 east or from PA 885
The South Side was once composed of a number of smaller communities. These included Birmingham and East Birmingham, both named for the English Midlands industrial center, Birmingham; Ormsby, originally a part of East Birmingham, incorporated as a borough in 1866; South Pittsburgh, the area immediately adjacent to the Smithfield Street Bridge, and Monongahela, named for the adjacent Monongahela ...
Formerly 54C North Side-Oakland-South Side 55: Glassport Century Square, West Mifflin Wal-Mart, Southland Shopping Center, CCAC South, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Clairton, Glassport, McKeesport, UPMC McKeesport, Port Perry, Great Valley Shopping Center, North Versailles Wal-Mart Formerly 55M McKeesport 56: Lincoln Place