OFFICIAL NAME:
South Twenty-Second Street Bridge
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Brady Street Bridge
pghe587-22x
LOCATION:
Pittsburgh
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Pittsburgh East - Zone 17; 0587 4476
CARRIED:
motor vehicles, two lanes
street railway
BETWEEN:
-- Second Av at Brady St, Pittsburgh, on right descending bank of Monongahela River
-- East Carson St, Pittsburgh (Birmingham), on left descending bank of Monongahela River
CROSSED:
-- (RDB to LDB) Monongahela River at mile 2.4
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
through truss
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
HEIGHT OF DECK:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1895-96, Albert Louis Schultz
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Albert Louis Schultz is also noted as the designer of bridges in Schenley Park, the Mount Washington Freight Incline (Monongahela Incline), Mount Oliver Incline, New Kensington Bridge (Allegheny River) and first Highland Park Bridge (Allegheny River), consulting engineer on the first Glenwood Bridge (Monongahela River). He organized the Schultz Bridge Co which was absorbed by American Bridge. He also managed projects for the West End Traction Co and West Side Belt RR and was deisgner and estimator for the Iron City Bridge Co.
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
USACE Monongahela River Nav. Charts; "HAER: Pittsburgh Bridges at the Point"; Pittsburgh Gazette Times, "Story of Pittsburgh and vicinity", 1908
