Green Belt (Pittsburgh)
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The Green Belt is a highway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's fourth "belt" in the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, running a half-circumference of the city in 39 miles. Unlike the Purple Belt, Blue Belt and Yellow Belt, it does not make a complete circumference. (However, this is due to geographic concerns rather than intersecting with other counties, as is the case with the Red Belt and the Orange Belt.) The belt was originally set up in the 1940s though the current route was finalized in the 1970s.
The current Green Belt runs from its western terminus at PA 65 in Emsworth, Pennsylvania to PA 148 (and the Yellow Belt) in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, going north as far as Hampton, Pennsylvania. In its path around the city, the belt crosses or joins PA 8, PA 28, PA 65, PA 130, PA 148, and PA 837. It also briefly joins US 19.
The Green Belt runs through many Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Its most notable destinations include Kennywood and the Pittsburgh Zoo.
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