Historic Bridges - 'Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Historic Bridges By County: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Total Bridges Found: 48

	Bridge Name	Facility Carried / Feature Intersected	Location	Structure Type	Structure Dimensions	Construction Date / Builder or Contractor	Description
	10th Street Bridge	10th Street Over Monongahela River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Plate Girder Stiffening Cable Suspension, Fixed	Total Length: 1275 ft Main Span Length: 725 ft Roadway Width: 40 ft Main Spans: 3	1933 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	This graceful suspension bridge is a stunning landmark that is enjoyable to cross as well as view from a distance.
	16th Street Bridge	16th Street Over Allegheny River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 1900 ft Main Span Length: 437 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 3	1923 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	An ornate three-span trussed arch bridge.
	6th Street Bridge Roberto Clemente Bridge	6th Street Over Allegheny River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Plate Girder Stiffening Eyebar Suspension, Fixed	Total Length: 995 ft Main Span Length: 430 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 3	1928 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	Most suspension bridges use cable; this unusual bridge uses eye-bars.
	7th Street Bridge Andy Warhol Bridge	7th Street Over Allegheny River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Plate Girder Stiffening Eyebar Suspension, Fixed	Total Length: 1061 ft Main Span Length: 422 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 1	1926 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	One of the Three Sisters bridges in Pittsburgh, this is the middle span.
	9th Street Bridge Rachel Carson Bridge	9th Street Over Allegheny River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Plate Girder Stiffening Eyebar Suspension, Fixed	Total Length: 995 ft Main Span Length: 410 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 1	1926 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	One of the famous Three Sisters bridges in Pittsburgh.
	Beechwood Boulevard Bridge Greenfield Bridge	Greenfield Road (Beechwood Boulevard) Over I-376, US-22, US-30 (Penn Lincoln Parkway)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 466 ft Main Span Length: 274 ft Roadway Width: 30 ft Main Spans: 1	1922 By: E. M. Wichert Company and Pittsburgh Department of Public Works	This once-proud structure is today an example of our flawed surface transportation funding programs.
	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge	Railroad (Bessemer and Lake Erie) Over Allegheny River	Near Oakmont: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Deck Truss, Fixed		1918 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	An unusual and large example of continuous deck truss construction.
	Boston Bridge	Walnut Street (PA-48 - Orange Beltway) Over Youghiogheny River	Versailles: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Cantilever Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 1182 ft Main Span Length: 420 ft Roadway Width: 29.5 ft Main Spans: 3	1931 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	This distinctive and unique bridge was built with aesthetics in mind.
X	Boulevard of the Allies Bridge	Boulevard of the Allies (PA-885) Over Various Streets	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Fixed	Total Length: 351 ft Roadway Width: 40 ft Main Spans: 2	1928 By: McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	This bridge was part of an early example of an attempt to control city congestion and create better traffic flow.
	Brighton Road Bridge	Brighton Road Over Spruce Run	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 17 ft Main Span Length: 17 ft Main Spans: 1	1896 By: Charles M. Driver and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	This tiny stone arch bridge retains good historic integrity and is situated on a sharp curve in the road.
	Brunot Island Railroad Bridge	Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Ohio River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed		1915 By: Unknown	A very long bridge with impressive spans over each Ohio River channel linked by deck truss spans.
	California Avenue Bridge	California Avenue Over Farragut Street and Jacks Run	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 770 ft Main Span Length: 320 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 1	1925 By: John F. Casey Company	This impressive monument features a higher degree of historic integrity than other Pittsburgh examples.
	Carothers Avenue Bridge	Carothers Avenue Over Chartiers Creek	Carnegie: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Polygonal Warren Pony Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 146 ft Main Span Length: 140 ft Roadway Width: 28 ft Main Spans: 1	1927 By: James F. Powers and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	This bridge is listed as the longest Warren pony truss in the entire state!
	Carson Street Bridge	Carson Street Over Chartiers Creek	McKees Rocks: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 144 ft Main Span Length: 140 ft Roadway Width: 34 ft Main Spans: 1	1925 By: McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	This bridge is actually a very tall pony truss to which overhead bracing was added.
	Carson Street Railroad Bridges	Railroad (CSX) Over Chartiers Creek	McKees Rocks: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Modified Warren Through Truss, Fixed	Main Spans: 1	By: Unknown	An impressive pair of identical truss bridges sitting side by side.
!	Chestnut Street Bridge	Chestnut Road Over Railroad (CSX)	Coraopolis: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Through Truss, Fixed	Main Spans: 1	1896 By: Unknown and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	A complete example of a riveted pedestrian footbridge, this historic structure is to be demolished.
	Columbus Avenue Bridge Washington Avenue Bridge / Warner Street Bridge	Columbus Avenue Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Pony Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 237 ft Main Span Length: 107 ft Roadway Width: 27.9 ft Main Spans: 2	1907 By: Unknown	This altered bridge remains noteworthy because of its unusual sharply curved design.
X	Davis Avenue Bridge	Davis Avenue Over Woods Run Avenue	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Cantilever Deck Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 396 ft Main Span Length: 156 ft Roadway Width: 20.3 ft Main Spans: 1	1898 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	One of the more important and beautiful bridges in the city, the bridge was not properly maintained and was then demolished.
X	Dorrington Road Bridge	Dorrington Road Over Robinson Run	Ewingsville: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Pony Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 60 ft Main Span Length: 55 ft Roadway Width: 15.7 ft Main Spans: 1	1888 By: Pittsburgh Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	The fate of this ancient and extremely rare, historically intact bridge with vertical end posts is in question!
	Fleming Park Bridge	Neville Road Over Ohio River Back Channel	Neville Township: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 807 ft Main Span Length: 361 ft Roadway Width: 50.2 ft Main Spans: 1	1955 By: Unknown	A large and traditional example of mid 20th Century truss bridge construction.
	Fort Pitt Bridge	I-279 Over I-279	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 1207 ft Main Span Length: 750 ft Roadway Width: 51.8 ft Main Spans: 1	1959 By: Unknown	This is the larger of two nearly identical bridges leading to the Point and downtown Pittsburgh.
	Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge	Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Allegheny River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 985 ft Main Span Length: 319 ft Main Spans: 1	1904 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	This is the signature railroad span of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.
	Freeport Road Barge Basin Bridge	Freeport Road Over Barge Basin	Near Oakmont: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Fixed	Total Length: 84 ft Main Span Length: 82 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 1	1928 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	A representative example of a bridge type that was built with frequency in Pennsylvania.
!	Great Valley Bridge Greensburg Pike Bridge	Greensburg Pike Over Turtle Creek and Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Turtle Creek: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Pratt Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 845 ft Main Span Length: 192 ft Roadway Width: 24 ft Main Spans: 4	1925 By: Unknown	This important multi-span bridge has a heavy skew and an incline.
	Herron Avenue Bridge	Herron Avenue Over Lowries Run	Emsworth: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Fixed	Total Length: 81 ft Main Span Length: 77 ft Roadway Width: 14.8 ft Main Spans: 1	1931 By: Unknown	A traditionally composed example of a highway plate girder bridge.
	Homestead High Level Bridge	Browns Hill Road Over Monongahela River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Cantilever Deck Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 3109 ft Main Span Length: 534 ft Roadway Width: 40 ft Main Spans: 4	1936 By: Unknown	This bridge is an extremely rare example of a bridge with a Wichert truss detail.
!	Hulton Bridge Jonathon Hulton Bridge / Oakmont Bridge	Hulton Road (PA-2082) Over Allegheny River	Oakmont: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 1544 ft Main Span Length: 505 ft Roadway Width: 21 ft Main Spans: 1	1908 By: Unknown and Allegheny County	A multi-span massive membered through truss with a huge main span!
	Leet Street Bridge	Leet Street Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Leetsdale: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 109 ft Main Span Length: 105 ft Roadway Width: 19 ft Main Spans: 1	1886 By: Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio	One of the oldest truss bridges in the county, this bridge has unusual design details.
	Liberty Bridge	Crosstown Boulevard (Liberty Avenue) Over Monongahela River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Cantilever Deck Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 2663 ft Main Span Length: 450 ft Roadway Width: 56 ft Main Spans: 2	1928 By: Independent Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	A massive cantilevered deck truss span is one of the core downtown historic bridges.
	McArdle Roadway Pedestrian Overpass	Walkway (Abandoned) Over P.J. McArdle Roadway	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Camelback Through Truss, Fixed	Main Spans: 1	By: Unknown	There once was likely a lot more to this very unusual overpass that today leads nowhere.
	McArdle Roadway Viaduct	P.J. McArdle Roadway Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Parker Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 548 ft Main Span Length: 215 ft Roadway Width: 27 ft Main Spans: 1	1933 By: Unknown	This beautiful bridge runs right up a hillside, and its trusses are visible from many parts of the city.
	McKees Rocks Bridge	Blue Belt (PA-3104) Over Ohio River	McKees Rocks: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 5900 ft Main Span Length: 750 ft Roadway Width: 40 ft Main Spans: 1	1931 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	It is hard to keep track of all the different spans and types on this long bridge!
	Neville Island Railroad Bridge	Railroad (Ohio Central) Over Ohio River Back Channel	Neville Township: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed	Main Spans: 2	By: Unknown	This bridge is unusual because it includes both a Pennsylvania and double-intersection Warren truss span.
	New Kensington Bridge C. L. Schmitt Bridge	9th Street (PA-56) Over Allegheny River	New Kensington: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Parker Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 1528 ft Main Span Length: 370 ft Roadway Width: 27.6 ft Main Spans: 3	1927 By: Unknown	One of the spectacular greater landmark historic bridges in the greater Pittsburgh area .
	Ohio River Boulevard Eckert Street Bridge	Ohio River Boulevard (PA-65) Over Eckert Street	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 510 ft Main Span Length: 270 ft Roadway Width: 49 ft Main Spans: 1	1930 By: Unknown	This is a very large and impressive concrete arch structure, one of several such structures in Pittsburgh.
	Ohio River Boulevard Lowries Run Bridge	Ohio River Boulevard (PA-65) Over Lowries Run	Emsworth: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Fixed	Total Length: 80 ft Main Span Length: 76 ft Roadway Width: 40 ft Main Spans: 1	1930 By: Booth and Flinn Company and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	This plate girder retained original railings and was located at the historic end of the Ohio River Blvd.
	Ohio River Boulevard Spruce Run Bridge	Ohio River Boulevard (PA-65) Over Spruce Run and Spruce Road	Ben Avon: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 630 ft Main Span Length: 150 ft Roadway Width: 48 ft Main Spans: 3	1930 By: Booth and Flinn Company and Allegheny County Department of Public Works	One of several large and impressive concrete arch bridges on the Ohio River Boulevard.
	Ohio River Boulevard Verner Avenue Bridge	Ohio River Boulevard (PA-65) Over Verner Avenue	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 390 ft Main Span Length: 210 ft Roadway Width: 47.9 ft Main Spans: 1	1930 By: Unknown	This historic bridge has been decimated by unsightly and severe alteration.
!	Ohio Street Bridge	Ohio Street Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Pony Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 69 ft Main Span Length: 67 ft Roadway Width: 45 ft Main Spans: 1	1903 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Featuring a wide, three truss design, unusual girder-supported sidewalks, and attractive railings, this bridge is in need of attention.
	Panther Hollow Bridge	Schenley Drive Over Panther Hollow	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Three-Hinged Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 640 ft Main Span Length: 360 ft Roadway Width: 39 ft Main Spans: 1	1897 By: Henry B. Rust	One of two rare and impressive deck arch bridges in Schenley Park that feature stone arch approach spans as well.
X	Pennsylvania Turnpike Allegheny River Bridge	I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) Over Allegheny River	Near Oakmont: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Cantilever Deck Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 2186 ft Main Span Length: 534 ft Roadway Width: 61 ft Main Spans: 5	1951 By: Unknown and Modjeski and Masters	A large and early expressway structure is about to be demolished.
	Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad Bridge	Railroad (Pittsburgh and Ohio Central) Over Chartiers Creek	Carnegie: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Fixed	Main Spans: 1	By: Unknown	This railroad truss has good historic integrity and would be very beautiful if cleaned up.
	Preston Foot Bridge	Walkway (Abandoned) Over Railroad CSX)	McKees Rocks: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Pratt Through Truss, Fixed		By: Unknown	An impressive, multi-span example of a historic pedestrian truss bridge.
	Ridge Avenue Bridge	Ridge Avenue Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Pony Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 68 ft Main Span Length: 65 ft Roadway Width: 40.4 ft Main Spans: 1	1903 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Currently abandoned, this unusual bridge could be restored to serve pedestrians in its park setting.
	Robert McAfee Bridge	California Avenue Over Woods Run, McClure Avenue, and Eckert Street	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Deck Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 642 ft Main Span Length: 375 ft Roadway Width: 38 ft Main Spans: 1	1928 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	An impressive and rare example of a single-hinge steel deck arch bridge.
	Smithfield Street Bridge	Smithfield Street Over Monongahela River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Lenticular Through Truss, Fixed	Total Length: 1177 ft Main Span Length: 360 ft Roadway Width: 42 ft Main Spans: 1	1883 By: Gustav Lindenthal	In a city of historic bridges, this is Pittsburgh's most important remaining bridge, and perhaps the most visually stunning as well.
	West End Bridge West End - North Side Bridge	US-19 Over Ohio River	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Arch, Fixed	Total Length: 1221 ft Main Span Length: 780 ft Roadway Width: 40.7 ft Main Spans: 1	1932 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York	The gateway into the Ohio River, this bridge has an extremely tall arch, and is very photogenic.
!	West Park Bridge	Abandoned Path Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern)	Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed	Main Spans: 1	By: Unknown	This bridge has been abandoned and its deck has fallen apart.

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