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Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Summary
See also HABS PA-614 for additional documentation. Includes drawings.
Significance: The Brady Street Bridge, contracted by the Schultz Bridge & Iron Co. of Pittsburgh, was a steel-riveted, through-highway bridge. The structure consisted of a tied arch for the central span with a suspended deck, and two through-trusses for the side spans. The bridge was the second to be owned by the city and the first free bridge in Pittsburgh.
Survey number: HAER PA-3
Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1978 Demolished
Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1968-1969 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Schultz Bridge & Iron Company
Pittsburgh Department of Public Works
Schultz, Louis
Keystone Bridge Company
Drake & Stratton Company
John Eichleay Company
Dravo Contracting Company
Conn Construction Company
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
van Trump, James D, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Shane, Charles W, photographer
Location
Pittsburgh (Pa.), 40.51040, -80.12588
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
