Girtys Run

Girty's Run is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The creek is named after the Girty family who settled in the area.

Type: Stream
Description: stream in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Also known as: “Girty’s Run”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington Crossing Bridge and National Robotics Engineering Center.

Washington Crossing Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Washington Crossing Bridge, commonly known as the Fortieth Street Bridge, is an arch bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville and the suburb of Millvale.

National Robotics Engineering Center

Industrial building

The National Robotics Engineering Center is an operating unit within the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. NREC works closely with government and industry clients to apply robotic technologies to real-world processes and products, including unmanned vehicle and platform design, autonomy, sensing and image processing, machine learning, manipulation, and human–robot interaction.

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Hospital

Photo: Staticshakedown, CC BY-SA 4.0.

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, popularly known simply as Children's, is part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the only hospital in Greater Pittsburgh dedicated solely to the care of infants, children, teens and young adults through around age 26.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troy Hill and Lawrenceville.

Troy Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Psoupp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Troy Hill is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's North Side. It has a zip code of 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 1.

Lawrenceville

Neighborhood

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Lawrenceville is one of the largest neighborhood areas in Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located northeast of downtown, and like many of the city's riverfront neighborhoods, it has an industrial past.

Central Lawrenceville

Neighborhood

Photo: VitaleBaby, Public domain.

Central Lawrenceville is a neighborhood in the northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It has a zip code of 15201, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 7.

Girtys Run

Category: body of water
Location: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.4784° or 40° 28′ 42″ north

Longitude

-79.96866° or 79° 58′ 7″ west

Elevation

738 feet (225 metres)

Open location code

87G2F2HJ+9G

GeoNames ID

5191176

Wikidata ID

Q5564835

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Satellite Map

Discover Girtys Run from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Cebuano—“Girtys Run” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Girtys Run”
Cebuano: “Girtys Run”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Millvale and Spring Garden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Nicholas Cemetery and Leslie Recreation Center.

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