Steel Plaza "T" Station - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA

Steel Plaza "T" Station (Jon Bell)

Mezzanine with retail stand, PAT system info and connections to street level;
Passenger platform - Track 2 to right connects to Wood St toward camera;
Track 3 (left) from Penn Station meets Track 2 facing south toward First Av

Sixth Av at Ross St - entrance to Steel Plaza 'T' Station

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:
Groundbreaking, October 1981
Tunneling in downtown began, January 1982
Downtown system opening, July 3, 1985
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

The downtown portion of the subway was opened in July 1985. The full system (Stage I) was operational in 1987 with the opening of the Beechview line.

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

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
Project Engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff - Gibbs & Hill PBGH

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Page created: 09-Feb-2001
Last modified: 26-Jun-2010

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