Centre Avenue (Pittsburgh)

Centre Avenue is a main thoroughfare in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It stretches from Sixth Avenue near the Allegheny County Courthouse to East Liberty.[1][2]

Centre Avenue
The black line indicates the location of Centre Avenue (in 2007)
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates39.946310°N 75.145379°W / 39.946310; -75.145379

Because of redevelopments to areas at both ends of Centre Avenue, the street is now somewhat shorter than it had been in 1970. At its downtown end, it now ends at Sixth Avenue. It lost about 500 feet (160 m) when the old Plaza building was razed and the "T" (subway) was built. At its other terminus, it was shortened by about 1000 feet (320 m) when East Liberty was re-designed and Penn Circle South produced. Charts produced prior to 1970 were drawn with Centre Avenue longer than its current length.

Centre Avenue was extended in 2014, when the streets composing Penn Circle were renamed to their old names.[3]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centre Avenue (Pittsburgh).
  1. "Centre Avenue". Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  2. "Centre Avenue | Hill Community Development Corp". www.hilldistrict.org. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. "Department of City Planning | Penn Circle Renaming Project". Pittsburghpa.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
External images
image icon Vice President Richard Nixon and wife visits Centre Avenue Circa 1956-1960
image icon VP Nixon



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