Birmingham Bridge

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Shot of the bridge behind the vegetation

These two pics were taken while on the Three Rivers Bike Trail.

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010

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The Brady Street Bridge, contracted by the Schultz Bridge & Iron Co. of Pittsburgh, was a steel-riveted, through-highway bridge. The structure consisted of a tied arch for the central span with a suspended deck, and two through-trusses for the side spans. The bridge was the second to be owned by the city and the first free bridge in Pittsburgh.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Steel through arch bridge over Monongahela River in Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1976
Design: Steel through arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 620.1 ft.
Total length: 1,662.2 ft.
Deck width: 90.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 36.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.43336, -79.97350 (decimal degrees)
40°26'00" N, 79°58'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/586938/4476359 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pittsburgh East
Inventory numbers: PA 02 2085 0010 0586 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01640 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30219 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2009): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 80.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 11,057

Update Log

July 7, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
March 24, 2012: HAER photos posted by Jason Smith
November 15, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith

Related Bridges

GAP - Hot Metal Bridge (Upstream)
South Tenth Street Bridge (Downstream)

Sources

Pghbridges.com
Wikipedia
Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
HAER PA-3 - Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler
Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler
Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com