DIRTY DOZEN Pittsburgh

A cycling route starting in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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DIRTY DOZEN..DIRTY DOZEN

   

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RIDING &nbsp; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="width:295px;"&gt; DRIVING &nbsp; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/thead&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; START: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Washington Boulevard Bicycle Track &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left on Washington Boulevard Washington Blvd to Allegheny River Blvd. Left turn at light. Right Lane onto Highland Park Bridge Make first right off bridge to Aspinwall Left turn at second light, Center Ave. Straight on Center, under Rt. 28, up hill Left around fire station Right on Guyasuta Rd. Top of Hill at Buckingham &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left on Washington Boulevard Washington Blvd to Allegheny River Blvd. Left turn at light. Right Lane onto Highland Park Bridge Make first right off bridge to Aspinwall Left turn at second light, Center Ave. Straight on Center, under Rt. 28, up hill Left around fire station Right on Guyasuta Rd. Top of Hill at Buckingham &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 1: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Center Avenue, Aspinwall &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left on Buckingham Follow Buckingham to Hunt Club Left on Hunt Club Hunt Club becomes Mauers Lane Left on Kittaning Pike Kittaning Pike to Canal Street Left on Main Street Right on Up Sharp&rsquo;s Hill Road Top of Hill before Bethany Street &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left on Buckingham Follow Buckingham to Hunt Club Left on Hunt Club Hunt Club becomes Mauers Lane Left on Kittaning Pike Right on Kirkwood Drive Follow Kirkwood to Midway Drive Right turn on Midway Right turn on Sharp&rsquo;s Hill Top of Hill before Bethany Street (Park on Bethany, facing Cemetery) &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 2: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Sharp&rsquo;s Hill Road &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left from Bethany onto Sharp&rsquo;s Hill Road Right turn on Kittaning Rd Kittaning Rd becomes Dorseyville Rd. Follow Dorseyville to Stop Sign Left at Stop Sign on Brownshill Rd. (street name not marked) Down hill to Saxonburg Blvd. Cross Saxonburg to Berry Hill (Berry Hill is offset about 50&rsquo; to the left) Top of hill is at first intersection &ndash; Berry Hill Rd Extension. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Left from Bethany onto Sharp&rsquo;s Hill Road Right turn on Kittaning Rd Kittaning Rd becomes Dorseyville Rd. Follow Dorseyville to Stop Sign Left at Stop Sign on Brownshill Rd. (street name not marked) Down hill to Saxonburg Blvd. Cross Saxonburg to Berry Hill (Berry Hill is offset about 50&rsquo; to the left) &lt;h2&gt; SEE NOTE 2 ABOVE&lt;/h2&gt; Top of hill is at first intersection &ndash; Berry Hill Rd Extension. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 3: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Berry Hill Road &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Berry Hill to Middle Road Left on Middle Rd to Etna Left on Route 8 Through Etna through business stretch Right turning lane Right turn at light across railroad tracks Left on Butler Street Right at first light on High Street Go to top of High St Right turn, then first left on Seavey &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Return down Berry Hill to Saxonburg Pick up Marshall Right on Saxonburg to Etna Left on Route 8 Through Etna through business stretch Right turning lane Right turn at light across railroad tracks Left on Butler Street Right at first light on High Street Go to top of High St Right turn, then first left on Seavey Park on Bottomfield street on left Top of hill at first intersection, end of trees &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 4: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; High Street, Etna &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Seavey &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Go through intersection towards 40&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; St. Bridge. Make left turn (under Hwy. 28) and ride to the &lt;u&gt;first food stop&lt;/u&gt; at Millvale Riverfront Park.&nbsp; Exit the park, and go straight through to Maryland Avenue. Take first left on Logan Street. Make left on Pitt View at top of hill. &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Go back down High Street to light Right turn on Butler Street Follow Butler St onto Rt 28 towards Pgh. Exit at Millvale Straight through intersection to Grant Ave intersection. Get in right lane (don&rsquo;t turn) Go through intersection towards 40&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; St. Bridge. Make right turn in front of concrete wall, Maryland Avenue. Take first left on Logan Street. Make left on Pitt View at top of hill. Park at overlook about 100 yards down on Pittview. Top of hill on Logan at Pitt View. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 5: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Logan Street, Millvale &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Pitt View towards Troy Hill Bear left at Mt. Troy Rd. Left turn at Rialto Street Park on right at big intersection at Ley Street. &lt;h2&gt; See Note 3 Above&lt;/h2&gt; Top of hill at Rialto &amp; Ley &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Pitt View towards Troy Hill Bear left at Mt. Troy Rd. Left turn at Rialto Street Park on right at big intersection at Ley Street. &lt;h2&gt; See Note 3 Above&lt;/h2&gt; Top of hill at Rialto &amp; Ley &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 6: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Rialto Street, Troy Hill &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Go down Rialto Street Right on East Ohio St/Rt 28. Right on Madison Follow service road north (You will pass the riders on this stretch) Left turn on Suffolk Street, under 279 Right at top of Suffolk Left on Burgess Street to top of hill at Osgood. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 7: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Suffolk Street, North Side &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Go back down Suffolk Street Right on East Street, cross 279 Follow sign for 279 to Stadium/Airport Take 279 to West End Bridge Follow West End Circle to Carson Street towards Pittsburgh. Take Carson past Station Square to Arlington Avenue. Right on Arlington, then sharp right onto Sycamore. Follow to top of hill at Wyoming Street. Park on Wyoming &lt;h2&gt; See Note 4 Above&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 8: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Sycamore Street, Mt. Washington &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Grandview to McArdle Roadway Left Turn down Merrimac to Woodruff Take Woodruff down to Rt 51 Left on Saw Mill Run Blvd (Rt 51) Right on Crane Avenue, follow to Banksville Road. Left on Banksville Follow Banksville to first left after Crane Avenue onto Coast Avenue First left off Coast is Canton Avenue. Park at top. &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Grandview to McArdle Roadway Left Turn down Merrimac to Woodruff Take Woodruff down to Rt 51 Right on Saw Mill Run Blvd (Rt 51) over Parkway Left turn onto Parkway towards Airport Follow signs for Banksville Road (Stop at Arby&rsquo;s after Crane Ave intersection (Eat&rsquo;n Park) if short pitstop needed. Take food to go.) Follow Banksville to first left after Crane Avenue onto Coast Avenue First left off Coast is Canton Avenue. Park at top. &lt;h2&gt; See Note 5 Above&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 9: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Canton Avenue, Banksville &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &lt;u&gt;Second food stop&lt;/u&gt; is on top of Canton Ave. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Turn right at top of Canton onto Hampshire Avenue. Follow Hampshire several blocks to Broadway. Right on Broadway, follow to road curves to left. Bousteat St. is tangent to Broadway. Finish is at first salt box on the Broadway side of Boustead. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 10: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Boustead Street, Beechview &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; See Note 6 Above Left on Broadway towards Pgh. Right turn on Pauline Avenue Follow Pauline to West Liberty Left on West Liberty, through Liberty tubes. Right turn at end of tunnel to Arlington. Right turn on Arlington, up hill. Left at Warrington, then the first left onto Brosville. Down the hill to Pius Street intersection. Left turn to Welsh Way. Follow to turnaround at left at the top. Park facing downhill on right. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 11: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Welsh Way, South Side &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Return down Welsh Way to Pius Street Follow Pius Street to 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Street. Right on 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; up hill to Arlington Avenue. Left on Arlington Follow Arlington to Eleanor St. Left on Eleanor. Go about six blocks to top of hill. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 12: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Barry-Holt-Eleanor, South Side Slopes &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Return to Arlington on Eleanor (other streets are one way) Right on Arlington to 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; St. Right on 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; St. Follow to Sarah St. Right on Sarah to 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; St. Left on 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; to Carson. Right on Carson, Left on Hot Metal Street. Right on Second Ave. to Hazlewood. Left on Flowers Ave. Follow onto Kilbourne Street. Turn left at end onto Tesla Street. Finish on right before water tower. Park at Water Tower. Check Results. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; HILL 13: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Tesla Street, Hazelwood &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Follow Tesla to Hazlewood Avenue. Right on Hazlewood to Murray Avenue. Left on Murray to Squirrel Hill Right turn on Forward, one block, left on Shady. Follow Shady to Fifth Ave. Right on Fifth to Penn Ave. Go straight to Washington Blvd. Follow Washington Blvd. to Bike Track. &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; FINISH: &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width:295px;"&gt; Washington Boulevard Bicycle Track &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;

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<center> <font color="#0000ff" size="+1">THE HILLS</font></center>

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&nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 1.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Center Ave./Guyasuta Rd. in Aspinwall&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 2.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Ravine St./Sharps Hill in Sharpsburg&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 3.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Berryhill Rd. between Saxonburg Blvd. and Middle Rd.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 4.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; High St./Seavy Rd. in Etna&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 5.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Logan St. in Millvale&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 6.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Pigg Hill/Rialto St. across from the 31st St. Bridge (Eliminated in 2012)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 7.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Suffolk/Hazelton/Burgess Streets on Northside&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 8.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Sycamore St. on Mt Washington&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 9.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Canton Ave in Beechview&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 10.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Boustead St. in Beechview&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 11.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Welsh Way on the Southside&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 12.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Barry/Holt/Eleanor Streets on the Southside&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="7%"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;center&gt; 13.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="93%"&gt; Flowers Ave./Kilbourne St./Tesla St. in Hazelwood&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;

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Duration
79 km
Distance
1,220 m
Ascent
1,229 m
Descent
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Paolo Liverini
Paolo Liverini

created this 11 years ago

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