Purple Belt

"For the Martial arts term, see Black belt (martial arts)#Higher grades."The Purple Belt is the innermost colored belt in the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, running through downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unlike the other belts, it was established in 1995 in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Wayfinder System, a color-coded signage system downtown which helps tourists and locals find many of the common destinations in the city. (In the Wayfinder system, downtown destinations are colored purple. None of the other colors in that system correspond to the Belt System colors.) Thus it uses a different style of signage than the other belts.

Unlike the other belts, the Purple Belt's primary intent is not for navigation around the circumference of the city, but rather to assist in navigation downtown. It is also the only one of the belts to not leave the city at any point. (The Blue Belt is the only other belt to enter the city at all.) Also, while signage for all of the other belts is maintained by the Allegheny County Department of Public Works, the Purple Belt is maintained by the City of Pittsburgh Department of Engineering and Construction.

The belt does not cross any numbered routes. It travels in a loop on four two-way streets - Stanwix Street, Liberty Avenue, Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies. This lies inside the area bounded by the Allegheny River, Interstate 579, Interstate 376 and Interstate 279.

External links

* [http://www.pahighways.com/other/pghbeltsystem.html Information on PAHighways.com]