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Interstate 579

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to the Parkway West interchange. In 1989, both of I-79's auxiliary routes were finally connected with the openings of I-279 (Parkway North) from the Fort Duquesne Bridge/North Shore to its northern terminus at I-79 in Franklin Park and the Veterans Bridge which extended I-579 across the Allegheny
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Despite the choice of number, its parent I-79 was only completed in certain areas; there would be no connection of the two routes until 1989. By 1971, with only little progression of I-79 near I-479's northern terminus and easy (but indirect) access to then-I-76 (now I-376 Parkway East) from the
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interchange, a northbound exit and southbound entrance, in addition to a southbound exit and northbound entrance accessing 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue. The freeway turns north as it passes over railroad tracks to the east of
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east. The intersection of I-579 and I-279 is in one direction only; northbound traffic on I-579 can proceed only northbound on I-279 while only southbound traffic on I-279 can exit onto I-579.
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I-579's roots go back to 1966 when the short 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Crosstown Boulevard from the Boulevard of the Allies (PA 885) to Bigelow Boulevard (PA 380) was designated as
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In 2019, the I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project began in order to build a pedestrian park over I-579 with the goal of better connecting downtown to the
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This was renumbered again on October 2, 1972, as its current designation of I-579; in addition, I-79's designation from Pittsburgh to
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station serving Pittsburgh. Here, it is seven lanes total with three travel lanes in each direction and two reversible
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I-579 allows Liberty Bridge traffic easy access to I-279, and I-279 southbound traffic easier access to
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I-579 northbound approaching terminus at I-279/US 19 Truck and PA 28 in Pittsburgh
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River to its new northern terminus at I-279 in Pittsburgh's East Allegheny neighborhood.
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Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
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Western terminus of PA 380; northbound exit and southbound entrance
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Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2016).
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 729:southern terminus, I-479 was renumbered as 1510: 1496: 1409: 1395: 1288: 1356: 536:I-579 running through Downtown Pittsburgh 531: 523: 512:, and to westbound I-376 which leads to 1176: 1020:Northbound exit and southbound entrance 14: 1634: 485:; the southern terminus splits to the 1491: 1390: 1266: 1149: 1030: 1024: 991: 980: 970: 949: 919: 902: 885: 881:Continuation beyond southern terminus 801: 795: 477:The northern terminus of I-579 is at 1353:Template:Attached KML/Interstate 579 540:I-579 begins at an interchange with 519: 1642:Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania 1243:"I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project" 1054:Northern terminus; exit 2A on I-279 578:David L. 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All exits are unnumbered. 763: 722:A brief renumbering of I-479 599:high-occupancy vehicle lanes 481:beyond the north end of the 7: 1081: 10: 1678: 1382:Pennsylvania Roads - I-579 624: 548:) and the approach to the 493:eastbound, which leads to 29: 1615: 1604: 1533: 1478: 1467: 1432: 1058: 1053: 1027: 994: 975: 952: 922: 905: 888: 880: 798: 790: 787: 784: 781: 718: 710: 702: 698: 682: 659: 651: 647: 631: 371: 343:PA Turnpike 576 330: 259:Interstate Highway System 254: 249: 245: 235: 225: 215: 210: 206: 158: 140: 121: 116: 106: 98: 90: 82: 74: 69: 62: 57: 41: 1367:Interstate Guide - I-579 1184:"Interstates Renumbered" 1065:     942:east (Bigelow Boulevard) 64:I-579 highlighted in red 1274:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1107:Pennsylvania portal 861:Boulevard of the Allies 768:The entire route is in 617:(US 19 Truck) and 546:Boulevard of the Allies 491:Boulevard of the Allies 27:Highway in Pennsylvania 615:US Route 19 Truck 542:Pennsylvania Route 885 537: 529: 1095:U.S. Roads portal 892:Centre Avenue – 535: 527: 1377:I-579 at AARoads.com 1357:KML is from Wikidata 1188:The Pittsburgh Press 898:Northbound exit only 32:Crosstown Expressway 1362:I-579 on Kurumi.com 1137:. 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Index

Interstate 579 (Pennsylvania)
Crosstown Expressway
Interstate 579 marker
I-79
PennDOT
PA 885
Pittsburgh
PA 380
I-279
US 19 Truck
PA 28
United States
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Interstate Highway System
Main
Auxiliary
Suffixed
Business
Future
Pennsylvania State Route System
Interstate
US
State
Scenic
Legislative
PA Turnpike 576
PA 580
PA 478
I-480

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