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| This is the Road Detours
between Southside Pittsburgh and McKeesport. |
There is an official Allegheny Trail Alliance
page
for Open and Closed sections.
To see other gaps in the trail between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC got to the General Detour Page.
Between Southside Pittsburgh PA and McKeesport PA, (16 miles)
Note: State Route 837 is narrow, has no shoulders, and has high speed traffic. Do not attempt to bike this route, unless you are a very experienced, have no fear of traffic and have a death wish. It is not for the faint of heart, or your typical scout group.
To be clear: We do not recommend this route to bicyclists. There is a lot of traffic on PA837. Much of the time the shoulders are very sketchy. Much of the time there is not a parallel neighborhood street to escape to if the traffic is heavy. This route is not for the faint of heart, for the inexperienced, for anyone without excellent road riding skills, for anyone without a lot of experience in traffic. We have never ridden this route and it is on our personal list of places never to ride, even on a Sunday morning, or during the Steeler Super Bowl.
To help visualize where this is, the places
encountered and trail distances between them are:
Starting in Pittsburgh it is 6 miles to Southside then 16 miles to McKeesport
then 4 miles to Boston. The
segment from Southside
to McKeesport is not yet open to the public, so
through-trips must detour on roads. Since this is near the end of the trail, we
recommend that you start or end your trip in McKeesport. The various routes
between Southside and McKeesport are narrow, no shoulders and high speed
traffic.
McKeesport to Southside Pittsburgh(16 miles, all with heavy traffic)
Directions for driving: From McKeesport trailhead, head away from the river two or three blocks to Market Street, turn left and go one or two blocks to a tee intersection. Turn right on Lysle Blvd. Go 1.3 Miles and follow signs to cross the McKeesport - Duquesne Bridge. At the end of the bridge, turn right onto State Route 837. Follow PA837 north for 10.3 Miles to 29th Street. Turn right onto 29th Street. Just before crossing the trail and the river turn right on S Water street. The trail is between S Water Street and the river. Once you are on the trail with your bike, face the river, turn left to head towards Pittsburgh.
Southside Pittsburgh to McKeesport (16 miles, all with heavy traffic)
Directions for driving: From the trail at 29th Street and the Hot Metal Bridge, head away from the river for two or three blocks. Turn left on E Carson Street, which is State Route 837. Follow State Route 837 for 10.3 miles and then follow signs to cross the McKeesport - Duquesne Bridge. At the end of the bridge turn right onto Lysle Blvd. Go 1.3 miles. Just after crossing Market Street and just before crossing the river, peal off to the right on a road that drops down alongside the bridge. Under the bridge is the McKeesport Marina and the start of the trail. Once you are on your bike, face the river, turn left and go to the end of the marina/park where the trail surface starts.
To show the quality of the road, below is a picture along the route. There is about three miles of road like this, with cars typically traveling 40 to 50 miles per hour. It is a heavily used connector/commuter route.
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