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Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010

Overview: Steel through arch bridge over Allegheny 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: 422.9 ft.
Total length: 425.9 ft.
Deck width: 107.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.44429, -80.00931 (decimal degrees)
40°26'39" N, 80°00'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/583955/4477620 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Pittsburgh West
Inventory numbers: PA 02 0279 0064 0452 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01023 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30243 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2008): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 47.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 42,570

Fort Duquesne Bridge

Posted November 30, 2007, by Jay (jnicks11 [at] juno [dot] com)

This bridge had a pedestrian walkway in 1990. It was closed in 2007 at time of this photo.