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General Information

Beginning of works: 1986
Completion: 1987
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Allegheny River
Carries:
  • Interstate I-579
Coordinates: 40° 26' 60" N    79° 59' 36" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 125.0 m
total length 320.0 m

Materials

deck steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Veterans Bridge is a steel and welded girder bridge that carries Interstate 579 over the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1988 it cost $420 million (or $890 million in 2019 terms). It opened on November 11, 1988 complete with 107th National Guard howitzers firing ceremoniously from the deck, as the last link in I-579. The bridge, 1,050 feet (320 m) in length, has a main span of 410 feet (120 m) and is 51 feet (16 m) above the water. The roadway atop the structure is seven lanes wide, with six lanes dedicated to northbound and southbound traffic (three per direction) and one lane designed for reversible High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV-2) movements.

The bridge is also designated "pghe585-17".

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Veterans Bridge (Pittsburgh)" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20006111
  • Published on:
    11/10/2002
  • Last updated on:
    26/09/2019
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