Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND PITTSBURGH
	: Features
	Allegheny County Belt Route System Pittsburgh Wayfinder System Pittsburgh's Downtown Pedestrian Tunnels, Skywalks and Bridges Pittsburgh's Coat of Arms and Flag Three Rivers Stadium - 30 Years in 20 Photos and the Implosion Pennsylvania Canal in Allegheny County Inclines in Allegheny County Origins of Railroads in Allegheny County Historical Background: Biography Historical Background: Places in Allegheny County
	: Field Notes
	view page - Armstrong Tunnels and South Tenth St view page - Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh view page - Changing Pittsburgh Street Names: From Downtown to Lawrenceville view page - Elizabeth Bridge, PA51 over Monongahela River view page - Fort Pitt Tunnels and the Penn Lincoln Parkway: A Brief Chronology view page - Halket Street Arch Bridge, Oakland -- another buried bridge? view page - Historic crossings of Thompson Run and the Northern Turnpike, Monroeville view page - How many bridges are there in Pittsburgh? view page - Mosside Bridge, the Great Valley and PA48 view page - Monongahela and Youghiogheny River Crossings - Preliminary List view page - Northern Turnpike, Old and New William Penn Highways and the Parkway East at Churchill view page - Ohio River Crossings - Preliminary List view page - PA51 and Streets Run Rd - Willock and Option view page - Penn Lincoln Parkway East list of structures view page - Pittsburgh Tunnels Driving Tour view page - Sewickley Bridge, over Ohio River view page - South Tenth Street & the Golden Gate Bridge view page - The Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the path of the Parkway East view page - The Three Sisters: Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Street Bridges view page - West Carson Street Tunnel Portal view page - Westinghouse Bridge, North Versailles
	: Historic American Engineering Record
	HAER transcribed from documents in the collection of the Library of Congress view page - Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge (HAER PA-508); Justin M. Spivey, April 2000; Pennsylvania Historic Railroad Bridges Recording Project view page - Coraopolis Bridge 1892-1927; Sixth St Bridge 1927-1994 (HAER PA-217); P.A.C. Spero & Company, 1989 view page - Cork Run Tunnel [Berry Street Tunnel] (HAER PA-382); Christine Davis and Frank Kurtik; Christine Davis Consultants, Inc. view page - Davis Avenue Bridge -- over Woods Run (HAER PA-487), Haven Hawley, August 1998; Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Recording Project - II view page - Liberty Bridge (HAER PA-448); J. Philip Gruen, August 1997 / Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Recording Project - I. view page - Herr's Island South Railroad Bridge, West Penn RR (HAER PA-443); Christine Davis, Christine Davis Consultants, Inc. view page - McKee's Rocks Bridge (HAER PA-445); Dr. David S. Rotenstein, August 1997 / Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Recording Project - I. view page - Monongahela Connecting Railroad, Main Bridge (HAER PA-277-B); Richard L. McCombs, Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company view page - Monongahela Connecting Railroad, J&L Steel Hot Metal Bridge (HAER PA-277-C); Richard L. McCombs, Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company view page - Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension (Panhandle) Railroad Tunnel (HAER PA-70); Pittsburgh, 1985 view page - "Pittsburgh Bridges at the Point" (HAER PA-3); James D. Van Trump, Pittsburgh, 1974 view page - "A Trinity of Bridges: The Smithfield Street Bridge over the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh" (HAER PA-2); James D. Van Trump, Pittsburgh, 1974 view page - "Three Sisters Bridges" Sixth, Seventh and Ninth streets over the Allegheny River (HAER PA-490); Haven Hawley, August 1998; Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Recording Project - II view page - Washington Crossing Bridge -- 40th Street over the Allegheny River (HAER PA-447), Dr. David S. Rotenstein, et al, 1997 / Pennsylvania Historic Bridges Recording Project - I. view page - West End-North Side Bridge (HAER PA-96), Pittsburgh, PA; William P. McHugh, Ph. D., 1985
	: Books and Reports
	view page - "Pittsburgh: Main Thoroughfares and The Down Town District"; Frederick Law Olmsted report to the Pittsburgh Civic Commission, 1910
	: Periodicals
	view page - "Modern Hill Climbing" - The Duquesne Incline Plane Railway; Scientific American; September 18, 1880 view page - "The Award-Winning Bridge That Failed" (Neville Island Bridge - Interstate 79); The Pittsburgh Press Roto; Sunday, June 5, 1977 view page - "Sewickley Bridge . . . 'The Only Thing Holding It Up Is The Paint' " (Sewickley Bridge 1909-1974); The Pittsburgh Press Roto; Sunday, June 5, 1977 view page - "Pittsburgh's Hard-Luck Bridge" (Wabash Bridge); The Pittsburgh Press Roto; Sunday, June 5, 1977 view page - "Golden Age in the City of Bridges"; Western Pennsylvania History magazine, Summer 1999; Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania view page - "Sewickley-Coraopolis Bridge 1911-1981"; Supplement to the Coraopolis Record and the Sewickley Herald. Wednesday, October 21, 1981 view page - "Arthur Hedgren, bridge designer (Sewickley Bridge 1981)"; Supplement to the Coraopolis Record and the Sewickley Herald. Wednesday, October 21, 1981 view page - "The Day the Bridge Caught Fire" (1836 Williamsport Bridge at Monongahela City); Monongahela Valley Review, September 1988.
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Path of Progress
GENERAL
view page - "Types of Structures" as defined by the California Dept. of Transportation

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