Lick Run (Peters Creek)

Lick Run

A stone arch bridge over Lick Run.
Origin South Park Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Mouth Peters Creek
Basin countries U.S.A. (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Mouth elevation 797 ft (243 m)

Lick Run is a 6.7-mile-long (10.8 km)[1] urban stream in southern Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a tributary of Peters Creek.[2] The former Lick Run coal mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company had its mouth near the stream, along the B&O Railroad line.[3]

Several stone arch bridges cross the stream. One carries Brownsville Road over the stream near Broughton. A National Landmark stone arch bridge carries Cochran Mill Road over the stream further downstream, near the site of the Cochran's Mill birthplace of Nellie Bly on the South Park side.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
  2. ↑ http://www.peterscreek.org/PetersCreekWatershed/pcwdescription1.html
  3. ↑ "Baltimore and Ohio's Cutt Off". New York Times. 3 July 1883. Retrieved 19 December 2010. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00D10F63E5910738DDDAA0894DF405B8384F0D3
  4. ↑ Cridlebaugh, Bruce S. (14 October 2002). "Cochran's Mill Rd over Licks Run". Bridges & Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

Coordinates: 40°16′40″N 79°57′22″W / 40.27778°N 79.95611°W