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by Mountain Girl ~ November 5th, 2009. Filed under: Infrastructure.
Mon Incline closed this weekend
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Monongahela Incline will close this weekend beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday for maintenance. The incline will reopen at 7 p.m. Sunday.
During the closure, Port Authority will provide substitute bus service between the Upper Station on Grandview Avenue and the Lower Station on West Carson Street. The Duquesne Incline, which is not operated by Port Authority, will remain open.
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November 6th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Can anyone guess which incline is the longest and which is the oldest?
November 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am
The mon is the oldest of the two. I don’t know about which one is longer.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:34 am
LS, You are correct. The Monongahela Incline was opened on May 28, 1870 and almost 7 years later the Duquesne Incline was opened on May 20, 1877. So the Monongahela Incline is 139 years old and the Duquesne Incline is 132 years old.
The Duquesne Incline is the longest at 793 feet while the Monongahela Incline is 635 feet.
The Duquesne Incline has a great website at http://incline.pghfree.net/