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Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge

1955-05-15

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Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge
  • Title
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B021.F21.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B021.F21.I01
  • Description
  • Also known as the “Panhandle Bridge” this structure was built in 1903 by the American Bridge Company. The first bridge was built on this site in 1863. The rail line that it served was part of the route built by the Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad Company, a division of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad. Because the line ran west to Steubenville, Ohio, crossing the “panhandle of West Virginia” the line and this bridge received the nickname “panhandle.” Since 1985 this route has been used as part of the ”T” light rail system operated by the Allegheny County Port Authority. In the left background is the Liberty Bridge along with the Liberty Tunnels are visible.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Panhandle Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    McArdle Road (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Mount Washington (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    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
  • Rights Information
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