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TITLE:
Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,2-PITBU,38-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Dravo Construction Company
Fort Pitt Bridge Works
Allegheny County Department of Public Works
Richardson, George S.
Brown, Norman F.
Roush, Stanley L.
Shane, Charles W., photographer
van Trump, James D., historian
NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-5
Building/structure dates: 1925 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1970 demolished
See also HABS PA-604 for additional documentation. Includes drawings.
See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data.
Significance: This bridge, the second to be built near this site, was erected to replace the original; the old bridge was demolished shortly after completion of the new bridge. The second Point Bridge was constructed by the Ft. Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh - total length, 1330 feet with approaches. The main span for river clearance was 430 feet long, and the deck held a 38-foot roadway. It was a cantilever, arch-truss construction with a suspended central span. Although closed in 1959, it was not demolished until eleven years later.
SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Allegheny County--Pittsburgh
municipal government
government officials
civil engineering
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0067
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. NORTH PORTAL.
2. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. PIERS OF FIRST POINT BRIDGE, DEMOLISHED C.1927, SOUTH SHORE OF THE MONONGAHELA RIVER.
3. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. REMAINS OF EYE-BARS OF ANCHOR PIERS FOR FIRST POINT BRIDGE, DEMOLISHED C.1927.
4. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. VIEW FROM THE NORTHWEST.
5. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. DETAIL OF THE NORTH PORTAL.
6. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. VIEW LOOKING NORTH.
CONTROL #:
PA0067
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