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TUNNELS OF
ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA

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Smithfield Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA

01 Cover Page

02 Foreword

03 Ferries

04 Monongahela
   Bridge 1818

05 Monongahela
   Bridge and
   Fire

06 John Roebling

07 Suspension
   Bridge 1846

08 Table of
   Quantities

09 Suspension
   Bridge Demise

10 Lindenthal
   Recruited

11 Smithfield St
   Bridge 1881

12 Masonry

13 Super-
   structure

14 Channel
   Spans

15 Quality
   of Steel

16 Plate Girder
   Spans

17 Removal
   of Old and
   Erection of
   New Bridge

18 Flooring

19 Ornamental
   Towers and
   Painting

20 Loads and
   Unit Strains

21 Table of
   Quantities

22 Alterations

23 Footnotes

Smithfield Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA
Historic American Engineering Record PA-2
page 21

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Table of Quantities

The following quantities of material were consumed in the construction of the Monongahela Bridge:

Lumber, feet B.M. (board measure) . . . 594,000

Foundations Piles, lineal feet . . . 10,800

Concrete, cubic yards . . . 1,280

Iron, tons . . . 32

Stone masonry, cubic yards . . . 10,500

Iron, tons . . . 1,070

Steel, tons . . . 740

Cast-iron of towers, pedestals, etc., tons . . . 196

Preserved lumber for floor, feet B.M. . . . 358,000

Steel rails, tons . . . 134

Filling, cubic yards . . . 10,000

Approaches

Sidewalk pavements, square yards . . . 1,400

Street pavements, square yards . . . 2,200

The total cost of construction amounts to about $460,000.

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Last modified on 30-Sep-99
Design format: copyright 1997-1999 Bruce S. Cridlebaugh
HAER Text: James D. Van Trump, 1974