For the next 2.7 miles (4.3 km), it follows a portion of the Green Belt, running along a peaceful parkway in the urban environment of Pittsburgh and Penn Hills.

After journeying through heavily suburbanized Hempfield Township, the road enters a very rural area at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

The route comes to an intersection with Verona Road in Sandy Creek, at which point the Green Belt turns west.

PA 130 becomes Beulah Road and runs through suburban residential neighborhoods, turning southwest as it crosses into the borough of Churchill.

[3][4] The route curves southeast and passes under a Union Railroad line, turning east onto four-lane divided Osborne Street.

PA 130 becomes Tri Boro Expressway and continues through commercial areas, with the Yellow Belt joining the road at the Thompson Street intersection.

PA 130 curves east and comes to an interchange with Patton Street, at which point the Yellow Belt splits from the route by heading south.

The road crosses into the borough of Monroeville and runs north of Turtle Creek and Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line as it turns northeast onto two-lane undivided Broadway Boulevard into woodland with some commercial development.

After the bridge, the route intersects the western terminus of PA 993 and runs through the commercial downtown, turning northeast onto Forest Avenue and heads into residential areas.

The route crosses into Penn Township and becomes Harrison City Road, running through more areas of suburban housing developments.

PA 130 continues southeast into more wooded areas of homes with a few businesses as an unnamed road, heading past more commercial establishments and crossing over I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike).

The route comes to an interchange with the PA 66 toll road and continues through more woodland with some homes and fields, becoming College Avenue.

[3][5] PA 130 turns south and heads into the city of Greensburg, at which point it splits into a one-way pair at the Clopper Street intersection.

Eastbound PA 130 continues south on two-lane, two-way, undivided College Avenue, running between the campus of Seton Hill University to the west and residential areas to the east.

Eastbound PA 130 turns east onto one-way West Pittsburgh Street, carrying two travel lanes and coming to an intersection with US 119/PA 819/PA 66 Business.

Westbound PA 130 heads west into downtown Greensburg on one-way East Otterman Street, carrying three travel lanes.

PA 130 heads through residential areas in Hempfield Township with some commercial establishments, coming to an interchange with access to and from the westbound direction of the US 30 freeway.