Things Almost All Gone

Streetcar Tracks: Pittsburgh - Photographs & Additional Information

Chestnut Street
Streetcar Tracks

Chestnut Street
Brick Sidewalks

Chestnut Street (Two-Lane Street Only), East Allegheny, North Side, Pittsburgh
Three Blocks of Streetcar Tracks - Abandoned by Pittsburgh Railways Company 1957 October 5
(Photographs taken in July and August of 2023)

Chestnut Street is, and always has been, a major gateway to the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Spring Hill and Spring Garden. This is the reason the Spring Garden (Route 1) and Spring Hill (Route 5) streetcar lines used Chestnut Street to access the two neighborhoods. Today, bus routes 6 Spring Hill and 7 Spring Garden continue to use this section of Chestnut Street.

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CLOSE-UP IMAGE showing buckling of street, between rails of track. This early 20th century, brick pavement street was not built for the greater weight and greater amount of vehicular traffic now traveling on Chestnut Street.

Image of City of Pittsburgh Deutschtown Fire Station, located on Spring Garden Avenue near the northern terminus of Chestnut Street.

Bus Routes Using Chestnut Street: 6 Spring Hill and 7 Spring Garden

Bus arriving at Suismon Street bus stop, on Chestnut Street --

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7 Spring Garden (Rush-hour service only, in 2023): Image 1 *** Image 2

Image of 6 Spring Hill bus arriving at the terminus: Penn Station, Downtown Pittsburgh

Archival Photographs of Spring Hill & Spring Garden Streetcars (not, necessarily, on Chestnut Street)

1 Spring Garden

5 Spring Hill: Image 1 *** Image 2

Brick Sidewalks Along or Adjacent to Chestnut Street

Along Chestnut Street (east side of street) just north and adjacent to Suismon Street - Image 1 *** Image 2

Along Suismon Street (south side of street) just west and adjacent to Chestnut Street - Image 1 *** Image 2

Image of brick sidewalk adjacent to Chestnut Street

News Articles

Ray, Sean P. "City plans replacement of Chestnut Street bricks, rail removal."
The Northside Chronicle, Pittsburgh 2023 May 1. Retrieved 2023 Aug. 19.

Blackley, Katie. "Why the trolley tracks on the North Side's Chestnut Street are still visible." Series: 'Good Question' (Text and Audio).
WESA-FM 90.5, Pittsburgh 2021 Sept. 28. Retrieved 2023 Aug. 19.

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