OFFICIAL NAME:
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Gateway Center "T" Station
LOCATION:
Pittsburgh
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Pittsburgh West - Zone 17; 0584 4476
CARRIES:
access to Port Authority "T" Subway
BETWEEN:
UNDER:
Stanwix St and Liberty Av, opposite Forbes Av
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
TOTAL LENGTH:
OTHER DIMENSIONS:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1987
Parsons Brinckerhoff - Gibbs & Hill
PBGH
ADDITIONAL INFO:
A single platform serves all traffic in the Gateway Center Station -- the northern end of the "T" system.
The "T" light rail vehicles operate above ground in the South Hills, south of the Mononghela River. After crossing the river and passing the First Avenue Station, the tracks enter a tunnel which is, in part, a rebuilt railroad tunnel. Diverging from the old tunnel at Steel Plaza Station, the subway travels about 35 feet below street level in a cut-and-cover tunnel which was completed in 1987 -- below Sixth Av to the Wood Street Station and then under Liberty Av to Gateway Center.
Heading inbound, the subway track bypasses the Gateway Center station platform and enters a tight radius loop which turns the vehicles around to enter the station in the outbound direction.
In the works is a proposal to extend the "T" light-rail tracks beyond the Gateway Center station under Stanwix Street, tunnel 66 feet under the Allegheny River, rise to a subway station near PNC Park. The line then turns west to emerge above ground and end at a station near Heinz Field. Another possible subway spur would use existing track under the U.S. Steel Tower and near the old Pennsylvania railroad station, traveling under Liberty Avenue to 11th Street and the new convention center.
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INFO SOURCES:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Port Authority of Allegheny County
