In 1957 this plan for a proposed alteration of the interchange at West Liberty Avenue and Rt 51 at the Liberty Tunnels was highly recommended and very close to becoming a reality. Even then the traffic congestion at this busy intersection was stifling. Beginning neat Bausman Street, thru-traffic would have been re-routed onto the south face of Mount Washington, over the Liberty Tunnels southern portal, and ending on Warrington Avenue.

The plans had been approved, but for some reason they were put on hold for three years, then shelved completely. The heavily trafficked intersection was finally redone in 1999, and the reconfiguration is a grand improvement over what was once a logistical nightmare. Whether the above plans above would have been better, who knows, but they would have saved motorists 40 years worth of time and frustration.

In 1958 this plan for a proposed new sports stadium, to replace Forbes Field, that would have become the new home or the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Steelers received the endorsements of several city officials and other local dignitaries.

The stadium complex would rest above the Monongahela River, and include a two-tiered parking garage and a hotel. The Smithfield Bridge would have been torn down and the riverfront dramatically reconfigured.

The plan was eventually shelved, and another ten years passed before the North Side groundbreaking for the new "Pittsburgh Stadium", renamed Three Rivers Stadium, in April, 1968. It is, however, an interesting view of what might have been.