Fort Pitt Boulevard

Fort Pitt Boulevard

Historic image showing 1640 Smithfield Street at Fort Pitt Boulevard.
Length	0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
West end	I-376 / US 22 / US 30 / Commonwealth Place in Downtown
Major junctions	Stanwix Street in Downtown
East end	I-376 / US 22 / US 30 / Grant Street in Downtown
North	Boulevard of the Allies

Fort Pitt Boulevard is a road in Pittsburgh on the southern area of Downtown, connecting Fort Pitt Bridge and Interstate 376. Fort Pitt poses a particular challenge to both mapmaker and navigator—along its entire half-mile length, up to six separate roadways making up the Boulevard, the Penn-Lincoln Parkway, and ramps between the latter and various Downtown streets are woven together in a space less than 300 feet wide.

Prior to 1940, the road was known as Water Street. In 1806, it was the home of industrialist James O'Hara;^[1] from 1840 to 1935 it was the site of Monongahela House, a hotel which played host to visitors such as Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain.^[2] Of all the businesses that were established along the road prior to the name change, the only ones still in business are Heyl & Patterson Inc., W.W. Patterson Manufacturing and Graybar Electric Company.