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Day 2
Our second day of the National meet started off at a Pittsburgh local tradition, Primanti's. I heartily endorse this restaurant, and if you're in the area, I recommend this restaurant.
After lunch, we toured a disco-era PennDOT expressway in Crafton, Industrial Highway. Constructed to be an expressway, this partially constructed road serves as an access road for a small industrial park near Chartiers Creek. It's still a PennDOT maintained highway, and bears the designation SR 3067.
 | Sun bleached concrete and box girder guard rail gives Industrial Highway a very retro feel. |
  | This short highway is designated as SR 3067, and is fully maintained by PennDOT. |
   | Industrial Highway has was many call a "PennDOT End", where it ends very abruptly in a grove of trees. Both ends of the highway end in stubs. |
   | A fully constructed intersection with Beechnut Drive. |
  | A view of the highway, while straddling the center guard rail. |
We then followed PA 60 to I-79 for a visit to the Pittsburgh Regional Traffic Management Center, located at the PennDOT District 11-0 headquarters in Bridgeville. While there, manager Dominic Munizza gave us an extensive tour of the facility, as well as, demonstrating how they can change variable message signs in an instant. He also demonstrated their extensive camera network, which monitors their various parkways and expressways throughout the region.
 | A look at an operator's console. |
 | A close-up shot of one of their computer screens. This particular screen allows the operator to change any VMS on their network in the region. |
  | This bank of monitors in the front of the room allows operators to view any of the highway cameras. Any camera can be placed on any of the monitors, as well as, various local TV stations which can be monitored in the event of a local emergency. |
 | While at the TMC, we saw their staff spring into action as a work truck broke down on the inbound tube of the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Operators dispatched tow trucks, and monitored cameras to see how the disabled vehicle effected traffic. |
After a dinner break at the Quaker Steak & Lube, tour member Brian Reynolds suggested we take a trip up to Mount Washington to see the Pittsburgh skyline at night. We drove back into the city, and took the Monongahela Incline Railway for a view that was enjoyed by everyone there.
 | Liberty Bridge. |
 | Smithfield Street Bridge. |
  | The Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne Bridges. |
  | The Pittsburgh skyline. |
After checking out the skyline, it was back to our respective hotels and a good night's sleep.
