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allegorical carving from Allegheny County Office Building; 1929-31; Stanley L. Roush, architect

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Home > All By Location regional map > Pittsburgh East > Heth's Run Bridge
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Heth's Run Bridge: 2002 (left); 1915 (right)
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The best preserved ornamentation along the northern ballustrade;
As it was in 1915

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Decayed state of northern ballustrade, sidewalk and deck;
Abrupt end of structure at northeast

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Pylon at northwest holds builder's plaque

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Pylon at southwest once held Henry Heth commemorative plaque;
Aluminum railings and Jersey barriers line southern sidewalk

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Zoo parking lot built on fill encroaching on bridge;
Arch ribs nearly half covered

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Last modified on 29-Jan-2003
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