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East Street Bridge Roadwork

August 25, 1970

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East Street Bridge Roadwork
  • Title
  • East Street Bridge Roadwork
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • August 25, 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20190726-hpiasc-0055
  • Description
  • Road work at the North Charles Street entrance to the East Street Bridge, looking northeast towards Essen Street. The bridge, which opened September 15, 1930, was built and owned by the City of Pittsburgh. Officially named the E. H. Swindell Bridge, the bridge has also been known as the Essen Street Bridge, but is most often referred to as the East Street Bridge. The bridge is of an arched cantilever design with a deck about 225 feet above East Street. The total bridge span is about 1200 feet long with a main span of about 500 feet. I-279 passes below the bridge today.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Streets--Maintenance and repair
    Bridges
    Construction workers
    Men
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Perry South (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • 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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