West Circuit Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| West Circuit Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill South |
| Origin of name | The circuit it originally made from Schenley Drive back to Schenley Drive |
West Circuit Road was named by a city ordinance in 1936, which described it as the "road leaving from the Westinghouse Memorial on a circuit back to Schenley drive."[1] The original circuit of the road is shown in the 1910 Hopkins atlas; it was one of two adjacent roads making such a circuit (the other later named East Circuit Road).[2] The road does not complete this circuit today.
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References
- ↑ "An ordinance designating names for the Unnamed Public Highways in West End Park, Riverview Park, Highland Park and Schenley Park." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1936, no. 272. Passed Aug. 26, 1936; approved Aug. 27, 1936. Ordinance Book 47, p. 409. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1936, appendix, pp. 215–216, City Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1936). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 4, 1936, p. 22 (Newspapers.com 88916227), and Sept. 5, p. 21 (Newspapers.com 88916252). [view source] ordinance-1936-272
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 22. 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
