General Information
| Completion: | 1846 |
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| Status: | demolished (1881) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge with cable-stays |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Multi-span suspension bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Crossed: |
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| Replaces: |
Monongahela Bridge (1818)
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| Replaced by: |
Smithfield Street Bridge (1883)
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| Coordinates: | 40° 26' 6" N 80° 0' 7" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| span lengths | 8 x 57.3 m | |
| number of spans | 8 |
Participants
Design
- John A. Roebling (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2018): John A. Roebling's Allegheny Aqueduct and Smithfield Street Bridge: Nineteenth-century innovation in multi-span suspension bridges. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 399-407.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20007338 - Published on:
01/01/2003 - Last updated on:
24/06/2022
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