A Bicyclist Guide through McKeesport on the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Trail - Part 4

As you travel on your journey one place that is a bit challenging to get through is McKeesport, PA. Riding the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail is truly an adventure experience of a lifetime so I suggest staying on the trail as you keep moving. I’ll describe the trail so you will know the GAP route to safely bicycle thru. It is best to navigate through this city before dusk. Follow these directions for an easy way through McKeesport and plan for a stop when you reach Boston PA.

Links:

GAP Trail History:
https://gaphistory.org/point_of_inter...
History of Allegheny County:
https://digital.library.pitt.edu/isla...
About National Tube Works:
http://www.tubecityonline.com/steel/n...
http://exhibit.library.pitt.edu/labor...
About the water roundhouse: http://www.tubecityonline.com/almanac...
About Dead Man’s Hollow:
https://alleghenylandtrust.org/green-...
Other references:
Old Home Week Book, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. (1910). United States: Nicholson Printing.
https://www.loc.gov/item/pa3346/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitts...
https://archive.triblive.com/news/his...
http://pghbridges.com/articles/railro...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Stupich, Martin, creator, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cbaile19, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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