Bridges By County: Pennsylvania - Allegheny County
Below is a list of all the available bridges for this county. By default, bridges are listed in alphabetical order by name. You may sort the bridge list however you like by clicking on the button for the column you wish to sort by. Mozilla and Netscape Users may have trouble sorting the table. If you are looking for a particular bridge you may search for it by using your browser's built in "Find" command. In Internet Explorer, you would go to the "Edit" menu and select "Find." I also recommend running 1024x768 resolution, due to the width of the table. Note on bridge types: The category "type" in the table is a very general category, and refers to the type of bridge in an aesthetic and visual sense, NOT in the technical sense. The technical structural type is discussed within the page for the bridge.
Note that you will not find any 's on this page. Due to their insidious truss bridge program which seems to consist of rapid demolition, consider all bridges, with the exception of those in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania worthy. I am not able to be in Pennsylvania checking up on these bridges, so many may really need an to denote that they no longer exist.
Click on the name of a bridge to visit the page for that bridge.
Bridge Name
| Type
| Road
| Location
| City
| Crossing
| Description
| Thumbnail
|
Suspension |
Sixth Street |
Allegheny County, PA |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Allegheny River |
Most suspension bridges use cable; this unusual bridge uses eye-bars. | ||
16th Street Bridge | Arch (Steel) | 16th Street | Allegheny County, PA | Pittsburgh | Allegheny River | An ornate three-span trussed arch bridge. | |
Hulton Bridge | Truss | Hulton Road | Allegheny County, PA | Oakmont (Near Pittsburgh) | Allegheny River | A multi-span massive membered through truss with a huge main span! | |
McKees Rocks Bridge | Arch (Steel) | McKees Rocks Bridge | Allegheny County, PA | Mckees Rocks (Near Pittsburgh) | Ohio River | It is hard to keep track of all the different spans on this long bridge! | |
New Kensington Bridge | Truss | SR-56 (9th Street) | Allegheny County, MI | New Kensington (Near Pittsburgh) | Allegheny River | A multi-span massive camelback truss bridge. | |
Smithfield Street Bridge | Truss | Smithfield Street | Allegheny County, PA | Pittsburgh | Monongahela River | My favorite Pittsburgh bridge, a two-span lenticular truss with national significance. | |
West End Bridge | Arch (Trussed) | US-19 | Allegheny County, PA | Pittsburgh | Ohio River | This bridge has an extremely tall arch, and is very photogenic. |