Homestead High Level Bridge

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Photo taken by James Baughn in July 2009

Overview: Cantilevered deck truss bridge over Monongahela River in Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1936; rehabilitated 1979 and 2006
Design: Wichert truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 534.1 ft.
Total length: 3,109.1 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.41167, -79.91833 (decimal degrees)
40°24'42" N, 79°55'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/591774/4474011 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pittsburgh East
Inventory numbers: PA 02 7301 3047 2392 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 02503 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30256 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2008): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 60.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 35,235