Historic Bridges
of the United States
West End Bridge
Allegheny County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Ohio River on US 19 in Pittsburgh
Location
Pittsburgh
,
Allegheny County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1991
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 779.9 ft.
Total length: 1,221.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.44639, -80.02722
(decimal degrees)
40°26'47" N, 80°01'38" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 02 0019 0280 0126
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30324
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 05/2005)
Deck condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 52.7
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2006)
33,859
Categories
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
(121)
Arch
(7,542)
Built 1930
(826)
Built during 1930s
(5,105)
Functionally obsolete
(5,033)
Ohio River
(62)
Open
(21,541)
Owned by state
(6,496)
Pennsylvania
(1,694)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(48)
Span length 500-1000 feet
(233)
Steel through arch
(127)
Total length 1000-2500 feet
(693)
US 19
(19)
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