Major arterial street in Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg in Pennsylvania
Not to be confused with Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Penn Avenue
The 900 block of Penn Avenue.
Length
8.7 mi (14.0 km)
Component highways
PA 380 between Centre Avenue and Dallas Avenue
PA 8 between Fifth Avenue and Ardmore Blvd
Location
Pittsburgh
West end
Liberty Avenue in Downtown
Major junctions
Stanwix Street in Downtown Fifth Avenue in Downtown PA 380 (Centre Avenue) in East Liberty PA 8 (Fifth Avenue) in Larimer PA 8 (Ardmore Blvd) in Wilkinsburg
East end
Greensburg Pike near Wilkinsburg
Penn Avenue is a major arterial street in Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg, in Pennsylvania. Its western terminus lies at Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh. For its westernmost ten blocks it serves as the core of the Cultural District with such attractions as Heinz Hall, the Benedum Center and the Byham Theater as well as the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and the Heinz History Center bordering it. Exiting downtown it is the major route through the city's Strip District, Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Garfield and East Liberty neighborhoods. Its eastern portion exits the city at Wilkinsburg where it continues to exist as Penn Avenue with a numbering system that begins anew using small numbers as it approaches Interstate 376 the "Parkway East". Penn Avenue is about 8.7 miles (14.0 km) long.[1]
From downtown, Penn Avenue travels in the same general direction as the Allegheny River, thus it passes close by a number of the bridges of the city that cross that river. In the downtown area, Penn Avenue is the main bisecting street of the Three Sister Bridges that form the Roberto Clemente Bridge, Andy Warhol Bridge and Rachel Carson Bridge. It passes the 16th Street Bridge, and goes straight through the Strip District.
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Global Information
PA 380 (Centre Avenue) in East Liberty
PA 8 (Fifth Avenue) in Larimer