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View west (upstream right) toward Wilkins Av

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Views east from Wilkins Av


OFFICIAL NAME:
New Tassey Hollow Bridge

OTHER DESIGNATION:
Hawkins Av over Tassey Hollow
brad595-6

LOCATION:
North Braddock

USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Braddock - Zone 17; 0595 4473
CARRIES:
Hawkins Av

BETWEEN:
-- Wilkins Av (Swissvale)
-- First St (North Braddock)

CROSSES:
-- Tassey Hollow; Tassey Hollow Run


TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
steel girder on concrete hammerhead piers



LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:


TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
515 ft (four spans)

HEIGHT OF DECK:



YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1971, Allegheny County
Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. Consulting Engineers


ADDITIONAL INFO:
1886 Hopkins map shows the home of "Mrs. Tassey" on the right bank of the stream north of the PRR. On the hilltop to the west (above the present location of Wilkins Av), is the home of Hon. Wm. G. Hawkins. The Hawkins heirs land covered the area from that point to the Monongahela River near the present Rankin Bridge.

Though the lower section of the stream has been covered over, diverted into sewers and no longer reaches the Monongahela River, the 524-acre watershed was listed for study by 3 Rivers 2nd Nature (3r2n.cfa.cmu.edu) for restoration to a more natural condition.

A metal builder's plaque is attached to the downstream railing:

NEW TASSEY HOLLOW BRIDGE

North Braddock Borough
Erected 1970-71

ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMISIONERS
1968-1972
Leonard C. Staisey, Chairman
Thomas J. Foerster -- William R. Hunt, M.D.

PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY TRANSIT DIVISION
William L. Henry, Chairman of the Board
John W. Dameron, Executive Director & General Manager

Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.
Consulting Engineers




FIELD CHECKED:
09-May-2004

INFO SOURCES:
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Last modified: 10-May-2004

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