Turtle Creek

Turtle Creek is a 21.1-mile-long tributary of the Monongahela River that is located in and counties in the U.S. state of .
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Perry Bridge and Port Perry Bridge.

Bridge
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The Union Railroad is a truss bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the Monongahela River between and the former town site of in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.

Bridge
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The PPR is a truss bridge that carries the Port Perry Branch of the Norfolk Southern Railway across the Monongahela River between the Pennsylvania towns of and .

Theme park
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is an amusement park in , just southeast of . 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.

Hamlet
was a town along the Monongahela River near , 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.

Village
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is a city along the Monongahela River in , United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.

Village
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is a borough in , United States. It is located in the eastern suburbs of , 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River.

Turtle Creek

Latitude
40.38979° or 40° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
-79.85199° or 79° 51′ 7″ west
Elevation
722 feet (220 metres)
Open location code
87G294QX+W6
Geo­Names ID
5216340
Wiki­data ID
Q7856388
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Satellite Map

Discover Turtle Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Monongahela River Pool Two and Lock Number Two.

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