Mr. Clyde Wright:
Saw Mill Run Boulevard


Thumbnail: Work on Saw Mill Run Blvd, 1950 
(detail). Saw Mill Run Boulevard


For Further Reading: 1929-1993

* ["Mountain of Earth Removed in Course of West End Project."]

The Pittsburgh Press 11 October 1929.

* "'Sawmill Run' Meant Something to Washington."

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 15 August 1930.

* "'Death Pole' on Saw Mill Run Blvd. Moved from Intersection."

The Pittsburgh Press 18 December 1935.

* "Dirty Flying, Trucks Rolling for Saw Mill Run Extension

Banksville Circle--West Carson St. By-Pass to Be Finished by September."
The Pittsburgh Press 27 November 1949.

* "City Opens Drive on Rt. 51 Bottleneck:

Plans Offered."
Bryant Artis.
The Pittsburgh Press 22 January 1964, 1, 4.

* "Governor Acts on Interchange at South Portal."

Frank M. Matthews.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 18 August 1965.

* "South Hills: Route 51 to Jam Awhile

New Expressway Due about 1973."
Patrick Boyle.
The Pittsburgh Press 19 May 1966.

* "Army to Move for Rt. 51 Plan:

Joint Attack on Jan."
Sam Spatter.
The Pittsburgh Press 12 October 1969.

* "If Talk Built Roads: A History."

The Pittsburgh Press 18 March 1973, A2.

* "Saw Mill Run Expressway Out of New Picture."

Joe Grata.
The Pittsburgh Press 18 March 1973, A2.

* "New Trial Ordered in Case of Fatal 1983 Landslide."

Harry Stoffer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4 May 1988.

* "Saw Mill Run Changes to Ease '94 Traffic Woes."

Joe Grata.
The Pittsburgh Press 18 September 1991.

* "Major Flood Fears Spur Overbrook Proposal."

Gary Rotstein.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27 April 1993, B1, B6.

* "Saw Mill Run Valley Improvements:

Favored in Report of the Committee on Municipal Affairs."
Pittsburgh First (May 19??).




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