Fort Pitt Incline

The Fort Pitt Incline was a gauge funicular railroad in the Bluff neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Opened in 1882, the incline ran from 2nd Avenue to Bluff Street, a distance of 350 ft, and a vertical distance of 135 ft. The designer was Samuel Diescher.

The incline was abandoned on 7 November 1900, and afterward sat idle for about three years before fire destroyed it.

Marking the former path of the incline are public steps which ascend from the south portal of the Armstrong Tunnel (at the South Tenth Street Bridge) to the Boulevard of the Allies next to the Duquesne University campus.