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The
Garden Parkeway Project:
Bringing Green to the Squirrel Hill Tunnels
As
the gateway to Pittsburgh from the east, the Squirrel Hill Tunnel
interchange plays a key role in shaping the image of our region.
According to PennDOT, nearly five hundred thousand vehicles traverse
this busy section of the Parkway East every week, making it one
of the most highly traveled corridors in western Pennsylvania.
Western
Pennsylvania Conservancy is installing a very large and highly visible
greenspace which will be planted in two large beds at the east,
suburban-side entrance and the west, city-side entrance to the Squirrel
Hill Tunnel. The project will approximately be:
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26 feet wide
» 780 feet in length (360 feet on the city side, 420 feet on
the suburban side)
» 190 very large concrete containers housing various trees
and shrubs and grasses:
» 12 Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry
» 1 Flame Amur Maple
_ 10 Winter King Hawthorne
_ 7 Autumn Gold Ginko
_ 5 Callery Pear
_ 1 Cutlead Staghorn Sumac
_ 42 Gold Tide Forsythia
_ 24 Shaver Winterberry
_ 12 Jim Dandy Winterberry
_ 18 Spartan Juniper
_ 15 Green Mound Juniper
_ 21 Buffalo Juniper
_ 3 Cutleaf Stephanandra
_ 18 Shenandoah Red Switch Grass
_ 6 Bald Cypress
_ 2 Juniperus S. Tamariscifolia
_ 30 Itea V. Little Henry
» Spring will see a mix of bright tulips and daffodils:
_ 3612 Red Emporer Tulip
_ 840 Dutch Master Daffodil
» Summer will bring thousands of brilliant flowers:
_ 2080 Petunia
_ 950 Salvia
_ 400 Sweet Potato Vine
_ 140 Pennisetum Rubrum
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