Fort Duquesne Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010

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BH Photo #187508

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Steel through arch bridge over Allegheny River on I-279 in Pittsburgh

Location

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1959

Design

Steel through arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 422.9 ft.
Total length: 425.9 ft.
Deck width: 107.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.44429, -80.00931   (decimal degrees)
40°26'39" N, 80°00'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/583955/4477620 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pittsburgh West

Average daily traffic (as of 2018)

13,350

Inventory numbers

PA 02 0279 0064 0452 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01023 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30243 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of May 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 7, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• November 18, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
• September 30, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith

Sources 

• Pghbridges.com
• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• Wikipedia
• Todd Wilson
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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