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Homestead High Level Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth and Rick McOmber

Bridge Documented: August 2, 2007 - 2021

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Browns Hill Road Over Monongahela River
Location
Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1936 By Builder/Contractor: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Engineer/Design: George S. Richardson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rehabilitation Date
2006
Main Span Length
534.0 Feet (162.8 Meters)
Structure Length
3,109.0 Feet (947.6 Meters)
Roadway Width
40 Feet (12.19 Meters)
Spans
4 Main Span(s) and 13 Approach Span(s)
Inventory Number
27301304723920

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Additional Information: The construction of this bridge was also overseen by an advisory board of engineers including many famous engineers including: J. E. Greiner, W. J. Douglass (Parsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff and Douglass), Shortridge Hardesty (Waddel and Hardesty) and E. K. Morse (Assumed to be Edwin Kirtland Morse, originally of Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio).

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This bridge is an extremely long bridge that is noted for the rare Wichert truss design. This modification of the traditional continuous/cantilever design is noted for an unusual design above the piers of the bridge, where the truss has a special shape that was designed to mitigate some of the problems that were involved with the design of continuous truss bridges in the first half of the 20th Century. The trusses on a Wichert take the shape of a rhombus over each pier.

Take a look at this page to learn more about this bridge and the Wichert design.

Main Plaque (As Proposed In Original Plans)

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
BROWN'S HILL ROAD
BUILT - 1937
COMMISSIONERS
JNO. J. KANE
GEO. RANKIN JR. JOHN S. HERRON

CONTROLLER
ROBERT G. WOODSIDE
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WORKS
JOHN F. LABOON
DIRECTOR

Above: Historical photo of the previous bridge at this location, which was built in 1897.


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