Allegheny County's Red Belt serves as a northern arc connecting communities between the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers along the northern-most reaches of the county. It is the shortest and most remote of the county's five belt routes. For the entire photo set on flickr: head here . The start of Allegheny County's Red Belt in Leetsdale. The Route: The Red Belt begins at PA 65 in Leetsdale and, after winding through the community of Fair Oaks, begins a rural journey all the way to its eastern terminus in Tarentum. It is a quiet, meandering two-lane journey past country churches, farms, and a handful of larger subdivisions. Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church - one of many rural churches found along the Red Belt. A faded American flag mural on a barn near Culmersville. The Red Belt does not pass through any towns outside of a random crossroads. Its intersection with Interstate 79 in Warrendale has some commercial development, but that quickly transitioned to higher-...
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