Aerial view of Point State Park | Historic Pittsburgh

1969/1970

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Title
Aerial view of Point State Park
Identifier
MSP285.B008.F16.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B008.F16.I02
Description
An aerial view of the Point and the Point Bridge (being dismantled) spanning the Monongahela River. On the left is the Manchester Bridge spanning the Allegheny River, which was demolished in 1970. At the center of Point State Park is the outline for the original Fort Pitt and located directly above it is a small cluster of trees obscuring the Fort Pitt Blockhouse. The Fort Pitt Bridge (far right) opened on June 19, 1959. The Fort Duquesne Bridge (upper left), or known locally as “The Bridge to Nowhere,” went nowhere because of difficulties in locating a suitable site to place its northern ramps. The main span of this bridge was finished in 1963, and it wasn’t until 1969 when it was finally opened to traffic.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fort Pitt Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fort Duquesne Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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