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Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal - Liberty Street Viaduct

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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W-PT Ry. elevated viaduct over Liberty St.

View looking west; Mt. Washington in the distance

Photographer unknown

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BH Photo #308698

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Liberty Avenue on Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal, later Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
Location
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1904 as an adjunct to the W-PT Freight House to access other RR freight houses in the Point District of Pittsburgh
Railroads
- Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (P&WV)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (WPTR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.44112, -80.00575   (decimal degrees)
40°26'28" N, 80°00'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/584321/4477193 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pittsburgh West
Inventory number
BH 64192 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (434)
Built 1904 (581)
Built during 1900s (7,470)
Continuous (2,547)
Deck girder (6,087)
Girder (10,806)
Lost (26,815)
Lost 1948 (60)
Lost during 1940s (441)
 Owned by railroad (13,088)
Pennsylvania (5,543)
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (47)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (159)
Plate girder (8,427)
Railroad (16,165)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,270)
Wabash Railroad (590)
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (31)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2015: New photo from James Holzmeier
  • November 20, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added categories "Wabash Railroad", "Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway", "Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway"

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