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Fort Pitt Bridge

1958

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Fort Pitt Bridge
  • Title
  • Fort Pitt Bridge
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B008.F18.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B008.F18.I02
  • Description
  • View from Mount Washington showing the Fort Pitt Bridge under construction and downtown in the background. The Fort Pitt Bridge was opened on June 19, 1959. It was opened to traffic 15 1/2 months before the Fort Pitt tunnels were opened. The length of the main span is 750 feet with a total length, including longest elevated ramp, of approximately 1217 feet. The height of the deck is 47.1 feet at the northern pier.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
    Bridge construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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