Fort Pitt Bridge under Construction

1957/1959

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Fort Pitt Bridge under Construction
  • Title
  • Fort Pitt Bridge under Construction
  • Creator
  • Pennsylvania Department of Highways
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B009.F31.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B009.F31.I04
  • Description
  • The Fort Pitt Bridge, pictured still under construction, is a double-deck, steel bowstring arch bridge. The total length (including longest elevated ramp) is approximately 1217 feet with a deck height of 47.1 feet at the northern pier. The bridge carries Interstate 279, US22, US30 (Penn-Lincoln Highway West), and crosses the Monongahela River. Directly behind the bridge in the background is the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel still under construction. The Fort Pitt Bridge opened to traffic on June 19, 1959.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Bridge construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (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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