Abandoned Street Car Trolley Line Pittsburgh North Side Spring Garden Route

Street cars were prominent in Pittsburgh as in most cities until the 1950's. When Port Authority of Allegheny county consolidated all the bus lines in 1963 one of the first things they did was kill the trolley system (maybe so GM could readly supply them with buses). Here is a pristine section of brick and rail that is still remaining near East Ohio St at the corner of Chestnut and Spring Garden Ave. You get a bonus by seeing the Abandoned and soon to be demolished Civic Arena, an engineering wonder from 1961. visit www.stuffthatsgone.com for all my videos.

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• Street Car
• Trolley
• Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
• North Side
• Port Authority
• Civic Arena
• Mellon Arena
• Downtown Pittsburgh

[TheHappyCooker68]

1 Spring Graden turned right at 16th Street onto East Ohio Street, as did 5 Spring Hill, which shared the Chestnut Street trackage with 1 Spring Hill. 16th Street Bridge (Allegheny River) was used only by one route, 77/54 North Side-Carrick via Bloomfield. Likewise, 77/54 was the only route to use the Brady Street Bridge (Monongahela River), and was cut back to Seneca and Gist Streets in 1963 when reduced load limits on the Brady Street Bridge precluded streetcar operations over it.

[theqman1956]

@TheHappyCooker68 the 54C survives to this day! Thank you for the insights

[Railrodder]

How do you find this stuff! I love it! I hope you got some photos and video of that stadium before it gets torn down.

[theqman1956]

@Railrodder there will be better videos than mine when that moment occurs...unfortunately since it's all aluminum they will probably dismantle vs blow up

[dgr8zod]

I remember in 1963 crossing trolley tracks in Ballard on 28 NW. Many still remain under asphalt still in the brick streets, turnouts and all in old Seattle..

[worldritz9]

This video is appreciated, the importance of having something like this is to show next generation, now to the left, is my grandmothers house, has a combination of barrior , fence blocking her once beautiful tree and garden is now an empty lot. Who was to know this area, once vibrant with people and businesses is now gone. Wish I could say I have a video of the BEFORE only to have AFTER to view. Why did no one step in and try to save this area.? restoration is so very important sometimes

[worldritz9]

Thanks for the video, I remember walking down this street, at the corner of east ohio, chestnut, looking to town, left side, was a bank, beautiful one with the architect and all, my mum would send me to the post office that was inside the bank there, oh I wish nothing would have been torn away the old historic buildings should have been saved that whole block is sad. if anyone has a video of what it was then please show it, i grew up here in this neighborhood, went to St. Marys School. moved

[piratef2004]

The spring garden line made a right turn and headed towards Allegheny Center. There was a route that crossed the 16th street bridge. And here another fun little fact. that intersection was a four way interchange for the streetcar system as a route went up Route 28 but was removed when 28 was widen to four lanes by PennDOT.

[4431prw]

This stuff is so cool, its sad to see this ugly new stuff come in and literary destroy the beautiful and historic stuff. i love old houses, old cars, old cobble stone streets, and so on.

[auburntigersfan12]

neat..=-]

[fubar250]

Thats pretty cool that the line is still there!