Pennsylvania Route 885: Difference between revisions

Route 885 starts in the Wilson section of Clairton at the intersection with State Street ([[Pennsylvania Route 837]]). From there, the route runs uphill heading southwest as Walnut Avenue before turning north at the west end of Clairton. Outside the vicinity, the route journeys northwest as Clairton Road while traversing a rural and mountainous region of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]]. Route 885 then travels towards the north while passing through the western regions of [[West Mifflin, Pennsylvania|West Mifflin]]. Shortly after becoming a four-lane [[Single carriageway|undivided highway]], it bypasses the [[Century III Mall]] to the east, the fourth largest [[shopping mall]] in the [[Greater Pittsburgh]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Clairton,+PA&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.863178,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clairton,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.307036,-79.890554&spn=0.017345,0.043945&z=15&layer=c&cbll=40.307036,-79.890554&panoid=wAKvycpA6vEiB1er26C_Cw&cbp=12,223.33,,0,16.43|Title=PA 885 in Clairton|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Clairton,+PA&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.863178,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clairton,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.322009,-79.918499&spn=0.034944,0.087891&t=p&z=14|Title=PA 885 through rural Allegheny County|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref>

Route 885 briefly runs concurrent with Lebanon Church Road ([[Yellow Belt]]) before bearing north as Lebanon Road where it passes underneath a runway of [[Allegheny County Airport]]. North of the airport, it journeys past elevations of up to 1,200&nbsp;feet before turning northwest onto Mifflin Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.360476,-79.931889&spn=0.034925,0.087891&t=p&z=14|Title=PA 885 elevations in West Mifflin|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref> Route 885 then enters the city of [[Pittsburgh]] via the neighborhood of [[Hays (Pittsburgh)|Hays]] as Ashby Street where it meets Pennsylvania Route 837 at an [[Interchange (road)|interchange]]. Shortly after, it crosses the [[Monongahela River]] via the [[Glenwood Bridge]] and enters the neighborhood of [[Hazelwood (Pittsburgh)|Hazelwood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.351712,-79.938326&spn=0.008732,0.021973&t=k&z=16|Title=PA 885 near Allegheny County Airport|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.38892,-79.938669&spn=0.03491,0.087891&z=14|Title=PA 885 approaching the Glenwood Bridge|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref>

In Hazelwood, Route 885 travels northwest as Second Avenue and Irvine Street. In the northern section of Hazelwood, the route turns onto Greenfield Avenue before running beneath the [[railroad tracks]]. From there, Route 885 again becomes Second Avenue and parallels the Monongahela River to the south and the [[Three Rivers Heritage Trail]] to the north. Upon entering [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)|Oakland]], the academic and cultural center of Pittsburgh, the route turns north onto Bates Street and right away has an interchange with [[Interstate 376]] (overlapped with [[US 22]] and [[US 30]]). Route 885 follows Bates Street before bearing west onto the Boulevard of the Allies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=PA+885,+Pittsburgh,+PA&aq=&sll=40.423886,-79.965792&sspn=0.03463,0.087891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pennsylvania+885,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.42088,-79.960213&spn=0.034632,0.087891&z=14|Title=PA 885 in the Pittsburgh vicinity|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=02-12-2011}</ref>