Fort Pitt Tunnel

The Fort Pitt Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It connects the West End region on the southwest side to the South Shore neighborhood on the northeast side.

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Tunnel
Description: road tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Also known as: “Fort Pittsburgh Tunnel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Acrisure Stadium and PNC Park.

Acrisure Stadium

Stadium

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Acrisure Stadium, formerly known as Heinz Field, is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Acrisure Stadium is situated 1 mile north of Fort Pitt Tunnel.

PNC Park

Stadium

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PNC Park is a baseball stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth location to serve as the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. PNC Park is situated 1 mile northeast of Fort Pitt Tunnel.

USS Requin

Photo: Malo, Public domain.

USS Requin, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 she has been a museum ship at the Kamin Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USS Requin is situated 3,800 feet north of Fort Pitt Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chatham Village and Downtown Pittsburgh.

Chatham Village

Neighborhood

Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chatham Village is a community within the larger Mount Washington neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.

Downtown Pittsburgh

Photo: Chris connelly, CC BY 2.0.

Downtown Pittsburgh is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Pittsburgh

Photo: Robpinion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The pleasure of Pittsburgh remains a well-kept secret. Though not built up by reputation, the city's unique combination of bridges, steep hills, and broad rivers make it one of the most naturally scenic cities in the country.

Fort Pitt Tunnel

Categories: road tunnel and transportation
Location: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.43465° or 40° 26′ 5″ north

Longitude

-80.01908° or 80° 1′ 9″ west

Elevation

1,148 feet (350 metres)

Width

28 feet (8.5 metres)

Open location code

86GXCXMJ+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 550018215

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

GeoNames ID

5190084

Wikidata ID

Q5471849

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