Heth's Run Bridge

October 4, 1926

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Heth's Run Bridge
  • Title
  • Heth's Run Bridge
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • October 4, 1926
  • Identifier
  • 715.262240.CP
  • Description
  • Built in 1914 by the City of Pittsburgh, Stanley L. Roush architect. The Heth's Run Bridge crosses Heth's Run between Baker Street and Highland Park. Stanley L. Roush used white limestone in the form of some 360 carved balusters and 14 urns in decorating the balustrades, shown here. Today, large sections of the northern stone balustrade have crumbled and fallen into the ravine of Heth's Run. The Southern balustrade was removed and replaced with aluminum railing.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bridges
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Haight's Run Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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