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| - Truly an eye-catching presence in downtown Pittsburgh situated in Point State Park.
Closed for four years and reopened in 2013, it spews water 150 feet into the air and sits at the point of land mass marking the convergence of Pittsburgh's 3 rivers -- the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers.
It also marks the end of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail with mile 150 (mile 0 being at Cumberland, MD). Every ride we take downtown (usually on a Sunday afternoon) involves riding to the fountain, tilting the sun-glassed face toward the sky, breathing in deeply, then taking in the sights, watching people, ducks, geese, boats, maybe listening to cheers from a football or baseball game before heading over to Market Square to sit outside and dine and quench our thirst before riding again.
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