South Tenth Street Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn in July 2009

BH Photo #143671

Overview: Suspension bridge over the Monongahela River on South Tenth Street in Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1994
Design: Wire suspension
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 725.1 ft.
Total length: 1,275.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 67.3 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1986
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.43260, -79.98926 (decimal degrees)
40°25'57" N, 79°59'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/585668/4476159 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pittsburgh East
Inventory numbers: PA 02 7301 0000 2391 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 86000020 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 02388 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30315 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 18,372