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Fern Hollow Bridge

April 27, 1972

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Fern Hollow Bridge
  • Title
  • Fern Hollow Bridge
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • April 27, 1972
  • Identifier
  • 715.72123183_07.CP
  • Description
  • Destruction of the original Fern Hollow Bridge (sometimes referred to as Forbes Avenue Bridge). The 447 foot bridge connects Regent Square, Wilkinsburg, and Point Breeze with Squirrel Hill via Forbes Avenue, over the Fern Hollow Creek in Frick Park below. Built in 1901, original bridge was replaced in 1973. The bridge collapsed on January 28, 2022 taking with it nine vehicles including a Port Authority bus and injuring nine people.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Construction and demolition debris
    Bridges
    Wrecking
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Point Breeze (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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