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Point Bridge (1st)
Photos
Photo by the Detroit Publishing Co. Provided by the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #324649
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Chain suspension bridge over Monongahela River
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1877; Replaced 1927
- Builders
- - American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Edward Hemberle (Chief Engineer/Designer)
- Graff, Bennett & Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Iron Manufacturer)
- Pittsburgh Locomotive Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Iron work under American Bridge Works supervision)
- Design
- Chain suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 800.0 ft.
Total length: 1,245.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.44047, -80.01447 (decimal degrees)
40°26'26" N, 80°00'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/583581/4477113 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 67575 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 6, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- May 15, 2015: New photo from Luke
- May 14, 2015: Added by Luke
Related Bridges
- Point Bridge (2nd) (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- Pghbridges.com - Info
- Dana and Kay Klein
© Copyright 2002-17, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/allegheny/bh67575/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/allegheny/bh67575/
Thanks Clark.
There are a bunch of sites I've found with load of imagery, including a site with a sheet that claims that the American Bridge Company "engineered/built the bridge":
http://point-bridge.com/about-us/pittsburgh-the-point/
http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/PointBridge...