Historic Bridges
of the United States
Fort Pitt Bridge
Allegheny County
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Pennsylvania
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Steel through arch bridge over Monongahela River on I-279 in Pittsburgh
Location
Pittsburgh
,
Allegheny County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1959
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 752.0 ft.
Total length: 1,207.1 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.43333, -80.00000
(decimal degrees)
40°25'60" N, 80°00'00" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 02 0279 0061 0000
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30244
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic
(as of 2006)
7,570
Categories
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
(121)
Arch
(7,554)
Built 1959
(113)
Built during 1950s
(1,400)
Functionally obsolete
(5,066)
Monongahela River
(18)
Open
(21,600)
Owned by state
(6,529)
Pennsylvania
(1,696)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(48)
Span length 500-1000 feet
(234)
Steel through arch
(128)
Total length 1000-2500 feet
(696)
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