Pittsburgh Bridges at the Point
Historic American Engineering Record PA-3, PA-4, PA-5
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CHRONOLOGY
Bridges at the Point
Union Bridge (across the Allegheny River)
Begun - 1874
Opened to traffic - 1875
Demolished - May, 1907
Point Bridge I (across the Monongahela River)
Begun - July, 1875
Opened to traffic - April, 1877
Demolished - 1927
Manchester Bridge (across the Allegheny)
Begun - April, 1911
Opened to traffic - August, 1915
Demolished - summer and autumn, 1970
Point Bridge II (across the Monongahela)
Begun - April, 1925
Opened to traffic - June, 1927
Demolished - spring and summer, 1970
Fort Pitt Bridge (across the Monongahela)
Begun - July, 1953
Opened to traffic - 19 June, 1959
Fort Duquesne Bridge (across the Allegheny)
Begun - July, 1958
Main span and approaches completed - April, 1963
Opened to traffic - 16 October, 1969
South Twenty-Second Street Bridge (Brady Street Bridge) (across the Monongahela)
Begun - March, 1895
Opened to traffic - March, 1896
[Demolished - 29 May, 1978]
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