Rating:
42949
{87}%
3 votes
Three Rivers Heritage Trail - Herr's Island Bridge
Photos
Entrance ramp to the bridge
Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010
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BH Photo #183859
Description
Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny River.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the Allegheny River Back Channel on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail
- Location
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Converted to pedestrian use in 1999
- History
- Built 1903; converted for pedestrian use in 1999
- Railroads
- - Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Skewed Pratt through truss with vertical endposts
- Skew angle
- 20 degrees
- Also called
- PRR - Allegheny River Back Channel Bridge
Three Rivers Heritage Trail - Allegheny River Back Channel Bridge
West Penn Railroad Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.46028, -79.98174 (decimal degrees)
40°27'37" N, 79°58'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/586332/4479343 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Pittsburgh East
- Inventory number
- BH 42949 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 14, 2022: New photo from Bambi Sharkoman
- November 29, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- December 20, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- March 24, 2012: HAER photos posted by Jason Smith
- October 29, 2010: Updated by Jason Smith: Changed the status of the bridge
- July 1, 2009: Added by James Baughn