Turtle Creek
Turtle Creek is a 21.1-mile-long tributary of the Monongahela River that is located in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Perry Bridge and Port Perry Bridge.
Port Perry Bridge
Bridge
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The Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the Monongahela River between Duquesne, Pennsylvania and the former town site of Port Perry in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.
Port Perry Bridge
Bridge
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The PPR Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Port Perry Branch of the Norfolk Southern Railway across the Monongahela River between the Pennsylvania towns of North Versailles Township, and Duquesne.
Kennywood
Theme park
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Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Perry and Duquesne.
Port Perry
Hamlet
Port Perry was a town along the Monongahela River near Braddock, Pennsylvania, and by the mouth of Turtle Creek. It disappeared by 1945, having been gradually replaced by railroad tracks serving the nearby Edgar Thomson Steel Works.
Duquesne
Village
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Duquesne is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.
Braddock
Village
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Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River.
Turtle Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Monongahela River in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Turtle Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Turtle Creek”
- Cebuano: “Turtle Creek”
- Chinese: “龟溪”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تورتل كريك”
- Venetian: “Turtle”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bessemer and Kennywood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monongahela River Pool Two and Lock Number Two.
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