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77-635: The routing of PA 60 was originally designated as part of US 22 and US 30 in the 1920s. In 1953, US 22 and US 30 were rerouted to follow a new highway to the south while the former routing of the two routes through Crafton became PA 60 in January ;1956. The PA 60 designation was gradually extended northward as sections of the Airport Parkway and the Beaver Valley Expressway were built in

154-671: A trumpet interchange southwest of the city in Taylor Township . At this point, I-376 becomes a toll road officially named the James E. Ross Highway. I-376 continues southward, still paralleled by PA 18 and the Beaver River to the east. Shortly after entering Beaver County near Koppel , the route connects to its parent route I-76 ( Pennsylvania Turnpike ) for the first time at an interchange which also provides access to PA 351 . Around this area, I-376 crosses into

231-707: A $ 190 million, 7.5-mile (12.1 km) highway built to serve a new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. The new highway began at the Beaver Valley Expressway northwest of the airport and followed the western and southern edges of the airport to meet the Penn-Lincoln Parkway in Robinson Township. It was opened to traffic as the Airport Expressway on September 9, 1992. PA 60 was realigned to follow

308-531: A bypass of West Middlesex. In 1970, I-79 swapped positions with I-279 , necessitating that I-76 be extended to I-79. With commencement on the Beaver Valley Expressway in 1971, PA 60 was extended to its future northern terminus in Chippewa. Finally, on October 2, 1972, after I-76 west of Monroeville moved to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and replaced I-80S, the western part of the highway took

385-690: A decade. On October 20, 1989, ground was broken on a bridge over the Mahoning River in Lawrence County , marking the start of a $ 260 million project to complete the missing link in the freeway. The highway, built by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as a toll road , opened to traffic on November 20, 1992. Meanwhile, ground was broken August 27, 1990, on the Southern Expressway,

462-651: A generally easterly direction through Churchill , Wilkins Township , Penn Hills , and finally Monroeville , where I-376 ends at an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and US 22 Bus . US 22 continues east from this interchange on the William Penn Highway toward Murrysville . The James E. Ross Highway portion of I-376 between US 422 and PA 51 uses all-electronic tolling , with tolls payable by toll by plate (which uses automatic license plate recognition to take

539-699: A high-speed surface road to provide access to the airport. In 1955, the Baltimore and Ohio Station was demolished to make way for construction of the new freeway. In late 1956, it opened from the Boulevard of the Allies (then US 22/US 30) near the Birmingham Bridge east to Bates Street, with the eastbound lanes opening September 10 and westbound opening September 29. The other downtown sections opened in segments from January 17, 1958, to 1959,

616-500: A mountainous, lightly developed portion of the township. The amount of development around the route increases as it approaches I-79 , which PA 60 meets at exit 60. At this point, the Yellow Belt joins PA 60 as the route heads generally westward through a narrow but extensive commercial and residential neighborhood developed around the highway. As the route enters the vicinity of I-376 , US 22 , and US 30 ,

693-518: A new highway was constructed between the Orange Belt north of Pittsburgh International Airport near Carnot /Moon Township and the junction of US 22, US 30, and PA 60 in Robinson Township. The new road became part of an extended PA 60 in 1962. At the end of the highway, PA 60 followed the Orange Belt north to Carnot, where it met PA 51 . Construction began in

770-484: A new terminus at the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Beaver Falls in 2009. I-376 replaced I-279 (along Parkway West) on June 10, 2009. It was extended again on November 6, 2009, to Interstate 80 near Sharon, overlapping US 22 and US 30 along the Parkway West and replacing PA 60 from Steubenville Pike north to I-80. PA 60 was truncated to its junction with US 22 and US 30 as

847-597: A partially-unsigned concurrency (indicated only on reassurance markers ), continuing east-southeastward bearing the Penn-Lincoln Parkway name, and soon reach an interchange with I-79 . From that point eastward, along what was known for many years as I-279, I-376 runs east-southeast through Rosslyn Farms and Carnegie before turning northeast and passing through Green Tree . Entering the city of Pittsburgh , I-376 winds its way northeast to its second interchange with PA 51 at Saw Mill Run Boulevard, which

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924-674: A photo of the vehicle's license plate and mail a bill to the vehicle owner) or E-ZPass . The tolled section of I-376 has two mainline toll plazas: the West Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 18 and the East Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 30. As of 2024 , the West Mainline Toll Plaza costs $ 5.50 using toll by plate and $ 2.90 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles while the East Mainline Toll Plaza costs $ 3.50 using toll by plate and $ 1.50 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles. There are also ramp tolls at

1001-525: A result. The former routing of PA 60 in the vicinity of Sharon became PA 760 while PA 60 Business became I-376 Business . On August 1, 2010, signage along the former Turnpike 60 was officially changed to I-376. The entire route is in Allegheny County . Pennsylvania Route 60 Truck is a truck route bypassing the narrow segments and dangerous S-curves along mainline PA 60 that are unsafe for larger vehicles. The route begins at

1078-542: A southerly direction on the Beaver Valley Expressway, a four-lane freeway with a wide grass median. Paralleling PA 18 , I-376 has its first interchange with that state highway in West Middlesex . I-376 soon meets US 422 and forms an overlap with that highway along the west side of New Castle . After an interchange with US 224 in Union Township , I-376 eastbound splits from US 422 at

1155-477: A westbound entrance and eastbound exit, mainly to serve as access to I-80 to West Middlesex residents. It marked the third partial interchange on the legacy PA 60/Parkway West to be upgraded to a full-service interchange in a decade, after I-79 at exit 64A and access to US 30 at exit 52 were upgraded from partial to full-service interchanges. Interstate 376 Business ( I-376 Bus ) or Business Loop 376 ( BL 376 ), known locally as

1232-582: Is also part of a spread-out series of ramps linking Banksville Road ( US 19 ) and US 19 Truck . This junction, located just before the freeway passes under Mount Washington in the Fort Pitt Tunnel , features the infamous wrong-way concurrency of the northbound and southbound directions of US 19 Truck. After passing through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, I-376 emerges onto the four-lane double-deck Fort Pitt Bridge , crossing over

1309-663: Is concurrent with the Blue Belt along Noble Avenue, while southbound PA 60, traveling along Bradford Avenue, crosses the Blue Belt. Once again a two-direction highway, PA 60 heads westward through a more open but still developed area of Crafton before exiting the borough upon crossing over Chartiers Creek and a Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad line. Now in Robinson Township , PA 60 becomes known as Steubenville Pike as it heads generally westward through

1386-590: Is named after James S. Craft, a frontier attorney who was granted land near the "forks of the Ohio " in present-day Oakland . The sale of this land part financed purchases of land in the Chartiers valley . Charles Craft, son of James, divided the land into lots on the death of his father and submitted it to the Allegheny County Courthouse as Crafton. Following a period of building, the borough

1463-476: Is no way of knowing exactly which mounds Martin is describing, the reality is that such ancient interment mounds and early-indigenous habitation sites were strewn across the entire Chartiers Valley region, including Crafton/Ingram. Throughout the 20th Century, however, most of the sites were destroyed as a result of industrial development and building construction. For obvious reasons, the Chartiers Creek

1540-638: The Greenfield Bridge , gained some national notoriety on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver concerning infrastructure . The state could not immediately afford to replace the crumbling bridge, so instead a cover was built under the bridge to protect the vehicles on I-376. The Greenfield Bridge was finally demolished in December 2015, and a replacement was built over the following two years, officially opening on October 14, 2017. From PA 60 to I-376's eastern terminus, I-376 has had

1617-775: The Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania , located within the Allegheny Plateau . It runs from I-80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-76 , its parent) in Monroeville , after having crossed the Pennsylvania Turnpike at an interchange in Big Beaver . The route serves Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas and is the main access road to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Portions of

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1694-695: The Monongahela River . There are single-lane westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps connecting Carson Street to the freeway between the tunnel's portal and the bridge. Once across the river, the route touches down in Downtown Pittsburgh at Point State Park . An interchange at the Point connects I-376 to I-279 (Parkway North), which leads to the Fort Duquesne Bridge , as well as Liberty Avenue. I-376 continues east from

1771-478: The Ohio River . It then has its second interchange with PA 18 near Kobuta and continues south from there. I-376 passes to the west of Aliquippa before leaving Beaver County and entering Allegheny County . Approaching PIT , I-376 bends south-southwest and becomes the Southern Expressway, while the Beaver Valley Expressway diverges to the southeast along I-376 Business (I-376 Bus). I-376 circles around

1848-554: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), while the remainder of the highway is maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Near the airport, I-376 also has a business loop . I-376 begins at a cloverleaf interchange with I-80 and PA 760 located four miles (6.4 km) east of Ohio within the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau . From there, it travels in

1925-684: The Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau , where it remains for the remainder of its length. I-376 then passes to the east of West Mayfield and becomes a non-tolled highway again at its first interchange with PA 51 in Chippewa Township , just west of Beaver Falls . The freeway then weaves through mountainous terrain, interchanging with PA 68 in Vanport just before crossing the Vanport Bridge over

2002-776: The 1960s and 1970s, with the route eventually extending as far northward as US 62 Business in Sharon . For years, a gap existed in PA ;60 between West Mayfield and New Castle ; it was filled on November 20, 1992, with the opening of a toll road between the two locations. In 2005, it was announced that the part of PA 60 between Robinson Township and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County would become part of an extended I-376 in 2009. The changeover officially occurred on November 6, 2009, with I-376 extending farther northward to I-80 near Sharon. PA 60

2079-410: The 1960s on the Beaver Valley Expressway , a north–south freeway extending from Pittsburgh International Airport to Sharon via New Castle . By 1970, the highway was completed and opened to traffic near West Middlesex and Beaver . The segment of the freeway between Clinton Road northwest of the airport and Beaver was completed by the following year. PA 60 was rerouted and extended northward over

2156-523: The Airport Parkway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) Interstate Highway business loop in Moon Township and Findlay Township in Pennsylvania . Its western terminus is at I-376 and Flaugherty Run Road (exits 50 and 51) north of PIT . Its eastern terminus is at I-376's exit 57, southeast of PIT. Before November 6, 2009, and after the Southern Expressway was completed in 1992, this road

2233-1089: The Beaver Valley Expressway on April 30, 2017. The Beaver Valley Expressway was selected as a test area so that the PTC could work out any bugs with mailing non-E-ZPass users bills with their unpaid tolls. The first section of what would eventually become I-376 opened June 5, 1953, from PA 885 (Bates Street) near the Hot Metal Bridge east through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to US 22 Bus (then US 22) at Churchill . Construction commenced on this stretch on July 25, 1946, near Wilkinsburg . The next section to open, running from PA 60 ( Steubenville Pike , then US 22 / US 30 ) near PIT east to Saw Mill Run Boulevard ( PA 51 and US 19 ), opened October 15, 1953. At Steubenville Pike, it connected to PA 60—the Airport Parkway —which had been built c. 1950 as

2310-536: The Fort Pitt Tunnel opened. The Parkway East ended in Churchill, with eastbound traffic continuing ahead on the William Penn Highway, until the $ 11.12-million (equivalent to $ 85.8 million in 2023 ) extension east to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville opened October 27, 1962. The final piece of Parkway West (the part which has never had an Interstate route number), from PA 60 west to

2387-538: The I-279 designation while the section from Pittsburgh east to Monroeville would become the first section with the I-376 designation. When I-376 was extended onto the Parkway West in 2009, I-279 was truncated to its current southern terminus at the former western terminus of I-376. PA 18 Business was decommissioned in 1978 when PA 18 returned to its former alignment (where it has remained to this day) and PA 60

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2464-534: The I-376/I-79 interchange and continues north along I-79 to mainline PA 60. It follows I-79 for its entire length. Crafton, Pennsylvania Crafton is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , United States, west of downtown Pittsburgh . The population was 6,099 at the 2020 census . It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area . Prior to European colonial usurpation,

2541-534: The James E. Ross Highway opened—it is the most expensive portion of the Turnpike system per mile. Along with the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge (which is affected by the ongoing Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project ), the Beaver Valley Expressway became one of the first sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system to implement all-electronic tolling, which began along

2618-694: The James E. Ross Highway, Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass , Mon–Fayette Expressway , and the Southern Beltway ) having not been paid for yet (in the case of the latter two, are only partially completed), whereas the mainline Turnpike and the Northeastern Extension had their bonds paid for decades ago. Even with the newer sections factored in—most of which except for a portion of the Mon–Fayette Expressway from I-70 near Bentleyville to US 40 near Brownsville opened after

2695-473: The PA 60 Bus designation. PA 60 was eventually extended to Sharon in 1997, ending at US 62 Bus . As part of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users in 2005, Congress had designated an expansion of I-376 past I-79 and along present day US 22/US 30 and PA 60 through Pittsburgh International Airport and north to I-80 near Sharon . This

2772-507: The Penn-Lincoln Parkway West between Robinson Township and Pittsburgh's West End that bypassed Crafton to the south, leaving the former alignment unnumbered and without a name. The lack of a route number affected businesses along the road as they could not give directions and led to a decline in business. The former alignment of US 22 and US 30 through Crafton became PA 60 in January 1956. By 1960,

2849-407: The Pennsylvania Turnpike system per mile, charging toll-by-plate users an average of $ 0.44 per mile ($ 0.27/km) and E-ZPass users $ 0.20 per mile ($ 0.12/km). This is in stark contrast to the mainline Turnpike, which charges less than $ 0.12 per mile ($ 0.07/km) for E-ZPass users and more than $ 0.17 per mile ($ 0.11/km) for cash users. This is due to the bonds on newer sections of the Turnpike system (such as

2926-538: The Point, still carrying the partially-unsigned US 22 and US 30, following the north shore of the Monongahela River through the south side of the downtown area (the westbound area by Downtown from Grant Street to the Fort Pitt Bridge is locally known as the "Bathtub" because of a tendency of the underpass to flood in heavy rains). The road then continues to the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown and Oakland . The Parkway East eventually turns away from

3003-555: The US ;22 and US 30 designations for its entire history (US 30 exiting at Wilkinsburg). Until 1961, it also carried the PA ;80 designation until that route was decommissioned due to Pennsylvania needing the designation for I-80 to the north. In 1956, PA 60 was commissioned to have the Airport Parkway and the former alignment of US 22 and US 30 to Pittsburgh's West End. From 1959 to 1964, I-70 occupied

3080-422: The US 22/US 30 split at Imperial , opened in 1964. Early plans for that section would have instead taken it from PA 60 where it splits with PA 60 Bus . northwest to US 30 near Campmeeting Road at Clinton . The next section that opened was in 1968 from the present-day exit 2 with PA 18 to where PA 18 intersects with the present-day PA 760 just north of I-80 and

3157-588: The [Chartiers] creek toward the ‘Rocks’ in the vicinity of the Fall Hole…” It is likely Martin is referring to a mound site near the junction of the Creek with the Ohio River , a site which underwent excavations in 1896 by the Carnegie Museum . The excavation unearthed at least 33 burials, all “Early Woodland Adena in affiliation.” The Indians who built the mounds are believed to be Algonquin . While there

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3234-593: The area was inhabited and controlled by the Seneca Indians . It is believed the legendary chief of the Seneca, Cornplanter , called the area Killemun . But even before the Seneca came, the Crafton/Ingram area was inhabited. In her 1993 historical account, local historian and Crafton-native, Betsy Martin, writes that, “ Burial mounds from a much earlier pre-Columbian Adena Culture were found farther down

3311-408: The average family size was 3.01. In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough

3388-469: The borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ), all land. Crafton has six land borders, including Ingram to the north and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Crafton Heights to the northeast, Westwood to the east, Oakwood and East Carnegie to the south, and Fairywood to the northwest. Across Chartiers Creek, Crafton runs adjacent with Thornburg to the west and Rosslyn Farms to

3465-467: The borough of Crafton . Just inside the borough, the route makes a sharp turn to the south, generally paralleling the borough limits to the intersection of Crafton Boulevard and Dinsmore Avenue. At this point, northbound and southbound PA 60 splits for about 0.5 miles (0.8 km), with PA 60 North following Dinsmore and Noble Avenues northward through a densely populated residential area to East Steuben Street. The route turns west here, rejoining

3542-461: The eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 17, the westbound exit and eastbound entrance at exit 20, and the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 29, which charge $ 3.50 using toll by plate and $ 1.50 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles. As part of Act 44, tolls are to be increased every year in January. The tolled portion of I-376 is the most expensive portion of

3619-487: The extension, they were not up to Interstate Highway standards in all areas. The improvements to both the US 22/US 30 cloverleaf in Robinson Township and the Lawrence County leg of the route, as well as replacing all of the signs with the I-376 shield, were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 . The designation of I-279 from Downtown west through the Fort Pitt Tunnel to I-79

3696-467: The freeway terminates and the highway reverts to being a two-lane arterial) to the former northern terminus of PA 60 in Sharon became PA 760. On August 1, 2010, signage along PA Turnpike 60 was officially changed to I-376, and, unlike other tolled highways with an Interstate designation, it is not grandfathered from Interstate standards . Having been built in the early 1990s, this section

3773-496: The freeway to modern exit 36 by 1973. The remainder of the freeway south of what is now exit 31 was complete by 1980, resulting in another extension of PA 60. Also completed by this time was the New Castle – Sharon segment of the highway, which was also designated as PA 60 upon opening. At the time, PA 60 ended at Interstate 80 while a short extension of the expressway to PA 718 south of Sharon

3850-532: The highway east of PA 50 in Carnegie . When I-70 moved to its current alignment (replacing I-70S) in 1964, the route received the I-76 designation into Pittsburgh. West of Pittsburgh, from 1963 to 1970, I-79 occupied the route. In West Middlesex, the route would receive the PA 18 designation while the former alignment would receive a business route designation as PA 18 Business, since it served as

3927-427: The highway, travelers had to use US 422 , PA 168 , PA 18, PA 251 , and PA 51 before returning to the highway. Until that section opened, the present-day exit 12A marked the southern terminus of the northern section of PA 60 as an "END 60" sign was located near the exit. In the early to mid-1980s, the entire section from downtown to Monroeville was refurbished. The next leg of

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4004-410: The majority of Allegheny County. This is because, until 2009, the route's western terminus was at I-279 in Downtown Pittsburgh ; it was extended west and north to I-80 to give the corridor a single route designation. Despite the route's direction, it serves as a major artery through Pittsburgh's West End , with I-79 being the primary route through Pittsburgh's North Hills . Since its 2009 extension,

4081-466: The new highway around the southwestern edge of the airport while its former routing around the northeastern edge became PA 60 Business. On October 17, 2005, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and U.S. Representative Melissa Hart announced that the Interstate ;376 designation would be extended westward over Interstate 279 , US 22, US 30, and northward over PA 60 to

4158-531: The northbound half of traffic five blocks later at West Crafton Avenue. PA 60 South, meanwhile, is routed on West Crafton and Crennell Avenues through a underpass with the PRT 's West Busway to a traffic circle with Stotz Avenue, where it turns right to follow Stotz Avenue for one block to Bradford Avenue. The route veers southward here, remaining on Bradford Avenue to a junction with Crafton Boulevard, where it rejoins opposing traffic. In this area, northbound PA 60

4235-661: The northern terminus of PA 837 . It heads southwestward along South Main Street through the West End before curving to the south and following Noblestown Road south and west around the Elliott neighborhood. The route continues into Crafton Heights , where it meets the eastern terminus of PA 50 . Here, the Noblestown Road name follows PA 50 to the south while PA 60 heads westward as Crafton Boulevard into

4312-409: The population. There were 3,080 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.6% were non-families. 40.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and

4389-415: The river near the southwestern corner of Schenley Park and runs along that park's southern border before passing through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel Hill . Parkway East exits the city of Pittsburgh near the southeastern corner of Frick Park , and US 30 leaves the freeway shortly thereafter at PA 8 in the suburb of Wilkinsburg . I-376 and US 22 (now fully signed) continue in

4466-504: The route are known as the Beaver Valley Expressway , Southern Expressway , and Airport Parkway . Within Allegheny County , the route runs along the majority of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway , known locally as Parkway West and Parkway East . It is currently the ninth-longest auxiliary Interstate route in the system and second only to I-476 within Pennsylvania. I-376 is signed east–west despite running north–south for nearly three-quarters of its length; however, it does run east–west through

4543-411: The route has also served as a major way to access Northeast Ohio . A 16-mile (26 km) stretch of the Beaver Valley Expressway, officially named the James E. Ross Highway , from exit 15 where I-376 ends its brief concurrency with U.S. Route 422 (US 422) to exit 31 where I-376 has its first interchange with Pennsylvania Route 51 (PA 51), is tolled and is maintained by

4620-436: The route opened to PA 108 in 1991 and to PA 51 in Chippewa on November 30, 1992, as the 16.5-mile (26.6 km) $ 260-million (equivalent to $ 507 million in 2023 ) "missing link" between two sections of PA 60, when that route's designation was on the highway. The aforementioned "END 60" sign was removed when the first leg of the middle section opened in 1991, and a "No re-entry this exit" sign has sat on

4697-450: The site since due to exit 12A being an indirect connection to US 422 westbound without a direct reentry ramp. The Southern Expressway, a southern bypass of PIT, opened on September 9, 1992, and is the newest portion of I-376. The PTC retrofitted E-ZPass lanes on the tolled section of I-376 in 2006 at both the two mainline toll plazas as well as the exits that collect tolls. A bridge crossing I-376 from Oakland to Greenfield,

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4774-496: The southern edge of the airport, intersecting the western terminus of the Southern Beltway ( PA Turnpike 576 ) at the main entrance to PIT before recombining with I-376 Bus and becoming the Airport Parkway, still four lanes and with a narrow median. Now traveling southeast, the route comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Penn-Lincoln Parkway ( US 22 and US 30 ) and Steubenville Pike ( PA 60 ) in Robinson Township . The two US Routes join I-376 here in

4851-565: The southwest. As of the 2000 census , there were 6,706 people, 3,079 households, and 1,613 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,916.0 people per square mile (2,284.2 people/km ). There were 3,344 housing units at an average density of 2,950.1 per square mile (1,139.0/km ). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.50% White , 2.74% African American , 0.10% Native American , 0.60% Asian , 0.07% Pacific Islander , 0.15% from other races , and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of

4928-421: The total cost of the parkway at this time came to $ 112.11 million (equivalent to $ 896 million in 2023 ). The $ 6.31-million (equivalent to $ 50.4 million in 2023 ) Fort Pitt Bridge opened June 19, 1959, followed by the $ 16-million (equivalent to $ 126 million in 2023 ) Fort Pitt Tunnel on September 1, 1960, using the West End Bypass (PA 51) and Carson Street ( PA 837 ) as detours until

5005-400: The transition was complete, thinking that the I-376 extension was going to be an all-new highway instead of a renaming of PA 60. As part of the ongoing upgrades to I-376 to bring the legacy portion of the former PA 60 up to Interstate standards, the interchange with PA 318 at exit 1C was upgraded to a full service interchange in October 2014. Previously, the exit only had

5082-407: The valley widens and the homes and small commercial developments give way to larger establishments and stores. PA 60 continues on past them to an interchange with the aforementioned three routes, where PA 60 terminates. The entirety of modern PA 60 was originally designated as part of US 22 and US 30 in the 1920s. In 1953, US 22 and US 30 were realigned to follow

5159-400: The western terminus of I-376. Work began on the Beaver County sections of I-376 (in between Chippewa Township and the Airport Parkway) in 1971 and would finish by 1976. The following year, the northern section finished construction, which would leave a gap between New Castle and Chippewa Township for the next 15 years. Until the middle section was completed, in order to continue on

5236-423: Was $ 38,323, and the median income for a family was $ 52,386. Males had a median income of $ 38,292 versus $ 24,497 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 21,441. About 3.4% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over. Interstate 376 Interstate 376 ( I-376 ) is a major auxiliary route of

5313-455: Was already up to Interstate standards. This section of I-376 is signed as "Toll I-376", with a black-on-yellow "Toll" sign above the I-376 trailblazer. This makes I-376 one of the first tolled Interstates with such a marker, which was a new addition to the 2009 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices . Despite PennDOT giving motorists over four years of advance notice on the I-376 extension, some local drivers were confused after

5390-426: Was designated but not signed as State Route 3004 (SR 3004). PA 60 was extended northward over SR 3004 to PA 18 at some point between 1990 and 1997 and northwestward along SR 3004 and PA 718 to US 62 Business in Sharon at some point between 1997 and 2004. The 16.5-mile (26.6 km) gap in the highway, and thus PA 60, between West Mayfield and New Castle went unfilled for almost

5467-404: Was done because the airport was one of the few major airports in the US without direct access to an Interstate Highway. This routing required some major infrastructure work on US 22 west of Downtown Pittsburgh (particularly at the US 22/US 30 cloverleaf interchange in Robinson Township ) and safety improvements to PA 60; though both were controlled-access freeways before

5544-534: Was extended all the way to Hermitage. On November 30, 1992, the 16.2-mile (26.1 km) gap in Beaver County was completed with a toll highway. When the Beaver Valley Expressway started opening in 1991, it would receive the "PA Toll 60" designation, because it was operated by the PTC . With the opening of the Southern Expressway in 1992, PA 60 moved to that highway, while the Airport Parkway received

5621-577: Was incorporated on January 8, 1892, with Charles as the first burgess . Crafton was linked to downtown Pittsburgh by trolley in 1896. The service ended when the Fort Pitt Bridge was built without trolley tracks. Crafton is located at 40°26′2″N 80°4′5″W  /  40.43389°N 80.06806°W  / 40.43389; -80.06806 (40.433869, -80.068146). According to the United States Census Bureau ,

5698-431: Was known as PA 60 Bus. Prior to that, it had the regular PA 60 designation; this was also originally the last leg of the Parkway West which ended at the intersection with then-Beers School Road (now University Boulevard) and began as the Beaver Valley Expressway past the intersection. Much of the road is up to freeway standards, but several signaled at-grade intersections remain, making this multilane divided road

5775-658: Was officially dropped and replaced by that of I-376 on June 10, 2009. I-279 still exists between I-376 in the Golden Triangle and I-79 in Franklin Park. On November 6, 2009, officials announced the initial transition was complete. On January 21, 2010, the remainder of the route except for the Beaver Valley Expressway started receiving the I-376 signs. The stretch of PA 60 from I-80 in Shenango Township of Mercer County north past PA 18 (where

5852-486: Was the dominant geographical feature during the premodern era, winding a northwesterly path to its terminus in the Ohio River at McKees Rocks . By 1749/1750, The French, under the aegis of King Louis XV, were staking land claims throughout the creek valley and surrounding forested hills and open meadows. George Washington passed through the area for the first time in 1752, along with his guide, Christopher Gist. Crafton

5929-516: Was truncated back to its original terminus at US 22 and US 30 in Robinson Township while the portion of former PA 60 north of I-80 in Sharon became PA 760 . Lastly, the business route of PA 60 around the northern part of Pittsburgh International Airport near Moon became I-376 Business . PA 60 begins in the West End of the city of Pittsburgh at a complex intersection with US 19 and PA 51 that also serves as

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