Brighton Road

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Brighton Road
Neighborhoods Allegheny Center, Allegheny West, Brighton Heights, California-Kirkbride, Central Northside, Marshall-Shadeland, Perry South
Origin of name New Brighton, Pennsylvania
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New Brighton Road (until 1897)
Origin of name New Brighton, Pennsylvania

Brighton Road appears as the New Brighton Road in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] The road was so named because it led to the borough of New Brighton in Beaver County. That borough was named for the city of Brighton in England. In turn, the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Brighton Heights is named for Brighton Road; the neighborhood was originally called Davisville.[2]

The New Brighton Road was renamed Brighton Road by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1897.[3]

The southern end of the road was originally at Washington Avenue (today's California Avenue), where it met Fremont Street (modern Brighton Place).[1][4][5][6] In 1910, a city ordinance made Fremont Street part of Brighton Road,[7] which extended Brighton Road to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Even so, this did not provide a good route into the business district. In order to improve traffic flow, a diagonal connector across California Avenue to join Brighton Road to Irwin Avenue was proposed in 1925–1926,[8][9][10] and two ordinances opening the connector and widening the southern portion of Irwin Avenue were passed in 1927.[11][12] In 1933, the southern part of Irwin Avenue became part of Brighton Road, and the old Brighton Road south of California Avenue (which is modern Brighton Place) was renamed Flocker Street.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
  2. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 37. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
  3. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of the New Brighton road, from Washington avenue to the city line, Second, Tenth and Eleventh wards, to Brighton road." Allegheny city ordinance, 1897, no. 135. Passed Oct. 1, 1897; approved Oct. 6, 1897. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Oct. 9, 1897, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 141915124), and Oct. 11, p. 10 (Newspapers.com 141916027); and in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Oct. 12, 1897, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 85566793). [view source] ordinance-1897-135
  4. ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
  5. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-1
  6. ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
  7. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1910-715
  8. ↑ "Traffic improvement plan to cost $37,500,000, council told: Commission's report urges varied list of big projects: Preliminary estimate virtually final, experts say: Suggest new Northside span." Pittsburgh Post, Dec. 29, 1925, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 88707352, 88707354. [view source] traffic-improvement
  9. ↑ "Kline promises subway bond issue soon: Present needs of city balk traffic relief now, he says: Mayor details uses cash from May election proposal will be put to; amount $20,000,000." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 29, 1926, [pp. 1–2]. Newspapers.com 86463622, 86463627. [view source] kline-promises
  10. ↑ "Bill to open Irwin avenue is presented to council: Narrow street elimination for down river traffic sought: Opening item estimate set at $588,000 for 94 feet: Ask pension fund balance." Pittsburgh Post, Dec. 21, 1926, p. 5. Newspapers.com 88198191. [view source] bill-to-open-irwin
  11. ↑ "An ordinance opening Irwin avenue, in the Twenty-fifth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from Columbus avenue to Brighton road and providing that the costs, damages and expenses occasioned thereby be assessed against and collected from properties benefited thereby." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 111. Passed Feb. 21, 1927; approved Feb. 24, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 224. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the year 1927, appendix, pp. 64–65, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 3, 1927, p. 21 (Newspapers.com 88485502), and Mar. 4, p. 19 (Newspapers.com 88485540). [view source] ordinance-1927-111
  12. ↑ "An ordinance widening Irwin avenue, in the Twenty-second and Twenty-fifth Wards of the City of Pittsburgh, from North avenue West to Columbus avenue and providing that the costs, damages and expenses occasioned thereby be assessed against and collected from properties benefited thereby." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 112. Passed Feb. 21, 1927; approved Feb. 24, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 225. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the year 1927, appendix, pp. 65–66, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 3, 1927, p. 21 (Newspapers.com 88485502), and Mar. 4, p. 19 (Newspapers.com 88485540). [view source] ordinance-1927-112
  13. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1933, no. 121. Passed May 29, 1933; approved May 31, 1933. Ordinance Book 45, p. 241. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the year 1933, appendix, p. 72, City Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1933). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 5, 1933, p. 25 (Newspapers.com 89887815), and June 6, p. 23 (Newspapers.com 89888832). [view source] ordinance-1933-121
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