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Structure-ID: s0006126
Created on: 10/11/02
Modified on: 02/28/07


Point Bridge

Completed in: 1877
Status: demolished
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossed: Monongahela River
Point Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania.<br> Piers of first Point Bridge demolished in 1927, South shore of Monongahela River. <br>(HAER, PA,2-PITBU,38-2)
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Light rail (tramway) bridge / metro rail bridge
Road bridge
Replaced by: Point Bridge (1927)

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel eye-bars
deck  steel
Dimensions
  main span 243.8 m
  total length 332.2 m

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External LinkBridges & Tunnels of Allegheny County, PA: Point Bridge 1877 English
External LinkHAER: Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA English

Relevant Literature
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 136.

 
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