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 10 b&w photos |  14 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |  1 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Rou, East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,2-EAPIT,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 13 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Booth & Flinn Company
Allegheny County Department of Public Works
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Richardson, George S.
Pribanic, Frank
Pribanic, Joe
DeLony, Eric N., project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Elliott, Joseph E. B., photographer
Rotenstein, Dr. David S., historian
Eliott, Joseph, Photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-446
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N424).
Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001120
Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest engineering skill in concrete arch bridge construction. Engineers designing and construction the bridge overcame challenges presented by the extreme depth and width of Turtle Creek valley, which this bridge spans.
SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Allegheny County--East Pittsburgh
concrete arch bridges
transportation
Lincoln Highway
OTHER TITLE:
Lincoln Highway, Bridge over Turtle Creek
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.pa3564
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
LONG VIEW FROM WEST.
3/4 VIEW FROM WEST.
3/4 VIEW FROM WEST.
ELEVATION FROM SOUTH.
3/4 VIEW FROM WEST.
UNDERSIDE FROM WEST.
BARREL VIEW FROM WEST.
DETAIL OF DECORATIVE END PYLON FROM NORTH.
DETAIL OF DECORATIVE END PYLON FROM WEST.
DETAIL OF DECORATIVE END PYLON FROM SOUTH.
3/4 VIEW FROM WEST.
CONTROL #:
PA3564
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