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Home > All By Location regional map > Pittsburgh East > Parkway East Int - Blvd of Allies & Forbes Av
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More info: Parkway East interchange - Blvd of Allies and Forbes Av
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View east across Forbes Av, entrance ramp from Allies to Parkway westbound crosses Brady St, Birmingham Bridge approaches meet Forbes Av and cross over all toward Fifth Av;
Allies viaduct over Forbes Av and under Birmingham Bridge connection to Fifth Av;
View south from Forbes Av -- Brady St curls below maze of ramps
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View west -- Allies viaduct crosses entrance to Birmingham Bridge from Forbes Av;
Remains of Brady St Bridge abutment;
Westbound Parkway exit ramp on concrete bent meets Allies viaduct on steel trusses

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Westbound lanes of Parkway cross Brady St, haunched girders on Birmingham Bridge northbound ramp allow greater vertical clearance for Parkway traffic;
Haunched girders on Birmingham Bridge northbound ramp over Parkway;
View south -- Birmingham Bridge ramps converge above Parkway East

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Eastbound Allies lanes change from 1921 steel truss bents to 1950s concrete bents;
Detail of steel truss bent on westbound Blvd of Allies;
Meeting of newer and older design on Blvd of Allies

More info: Parkway East interchange - Blvd of Allies and Forbes Av
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Photo page 3: Parkway East interchange - Blvd of Allies and Forbes Av
Photo page 4: Parkway East interchange - Blvd of Allies and Forbes Av
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