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31st Street Bridge

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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Overview
Steel arch bridge over Allegheny River on 31st Street in Pittsburgh
Location
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1976 and 2007
Design
Steel deck arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 379.9 ft.
Total length: 2,681.2 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.46333, -79.97667   (decimal degrees)
40°27'48" N, 79°58'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/586758/4479687 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pittsburgh East
Inventory numbers
PA 02 2122 0010 0025 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01672 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30212 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
6,477

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (192)
Allegheny River (38)
Arch (9,438)
Built 1928 (807)
Built during 1920s (7,046)
Deck arch (8,723)
Have street view (10,033)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
 Open (28,454)
Painted blue (39)
Pennsylvania (3,045)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (57)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 250-500 feet (867)
Steel arch (293)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Total length over 2500 feet (595)

Update Log 

  • April 25, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson: Added year of rehabilitation

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31st Street Bridge
Posted August 17, 2009, by GeneW (etwilson [at] gmail [dot] com)

They did a pretty amazing job restoring it a couple of years ago, looks brand new.

31st Street Bridge
Posted April 17, 2008, by DBR96A (dbr96a [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge has been rehabilitated recently. I hope it's no longer in such bad shape.