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Duquesne Tunnel dedication 2009,

Duquesne Underpass

allegheny | Duquesne, PA Mile 134

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Duquesne Underpass
Duquesne Underpass
The trail crosses, via two flyover bridges, busy railroad tracks hauling coal, freight and manufactured goods. The two bridges are connected by trail built on a former U. S. Steel coke gas pipeline. Across the river the Edgar Thomson Works, the last steel plant in the valley, and Braddock Lock and Dam are clearly visible from the trail.

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“The Passage is linear; the story of its building is not.”   – Linda McKenna Boxx, June 2020.

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