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General Information

Other name(s): Sixth Street Bridge
Completion: 1927
Status: demolished (1995)

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Ohio River
Replaces: Sixth Street Bridge (1859)
Coordinates: 40° 30' 58" N    80° 9' 7" W
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Technical Information

Materials

truss steel

Chronology

1892

Originally constructed across the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh as the third Sixth Street Bridge, replacing a Roebling suspension bridge.

1927

The two main spans are floated downriver to their present location across the Ohio River at Coraopolis.

Participants

Design
Initial construction (1892)
Contractor

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  • Structure-ID
    20009579
  • Published on:
    29/06/2003
  • Last updated on:
    16/11/2021
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