Overview
Bridge repainted in original colors in 1995.
Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in July 2000
BH Photo #125661
This is perhaps my favorite bridge in the USA. If any bridge enthusiast has not seen it, put it on your bucket list to take a walk across. The engineering attributes and fabrication details are wonderful.
A nice little write-up on the Smithfield Street Bridge:
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2014/10/12/S...
I know about Smithfield Street Bridge. it is very old bridge. it is over 125 years old. wow It is good.
I just learned that the Smithfield Street Bridge, a double lenticular truss design, is known to old time Pittsburghers as the "kissing fish bridge". For more on Pittsburgh bridges, see "The Bridges of Pittsburgh" by Bob Regan with photos by Tim Fabian published in June 2006 by The Local History Company. (Full disclosure: I'm one of the publishers!)
I read in the local paper where I live that this bridge was reopened early Monday after transportation department inspectors determined it was safe to use after a barge hit it causing the bridge to be closed for several hours.There was no injuries on the barge or damage to the bridge.There was no word about what caused the barge to hit the bridge.