OFFICIAL NAME:
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Steel Plaza "T" Station
LOCATION:
Pittsburgh
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Pittsburgh East - Zone 17; 0585 4477
CARRIES:
access to Port Authority 'T' station
BETWEEN:
-- USX Tower
-- Sixth Av
-- One Mellon Center
UNDER:
One Mellon Center at Sixth St
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
TOTAL LENGTH:
OTHER DIMENSIONS:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1987
Parsons Brinckerhoff - Gibbs & Hill
PBGH
ADDITIONAL INFO:
The tunnel which connects the Steel Plaza Station to the Panhandle Bridge over the Monongahela River was built in 1863 for the Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension RR, later the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Part of the tunnel was removed for the subway station; other sections were refurbished.
Panhandle Tunnel - Main information page
Plaques mounted on the wall near the mezzanine entrance from One Mellon Center:
PITTSBURGH
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLASS 'A' 1986
American Society of Civil Engineers logo
DOWNTOWN SUBWAY SYSTEM
PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY
PRESENTED BY THE PITTSBURGH SECTION, ASCE
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM
STAGE 1 |
Opened May 22, 1987
By
Port Authority of Allegheny County |
Allegheny County Commisioners
Tom Foerster, Chairman
Pete Flaherty Barbara Hafer |
Board of Directors
James C. Roddey, Chairman
Neal H. Holmes Anne L. Lang
Marilyn Skolnick James N. Kratsa
Barbara J. Rutkowski Cathryn L. Irvin
John P. Robin Robert R. Pease
Robert P. Argentine John P. Spina
William W. Millar, Executive Director
Theodore C. Hardy, Director of Engineer & Construction
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Project Engineers
Parsons Brinckerhoff - Gibbs & Hill
PBGH |
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