Becks Run Road is a street in the

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metropolitan area. It connects

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in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh with

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on the South Side. It is part of the Blue Belt road system. It is one of few roads connecting the low-lying areas along the

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with the higher elevations to the south, and is therefore heavily traveled, in spite of being steep and narrow in some sections. The northern part of Becks Run Road follows part of the route of the H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad.

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