What's New - - Website History

1999


December 15, 1999
- Added item to Articles
view page - A Brief Chronology: The Fort Pitt Tunnels and the Penn Lincoln Parkway

- Added and revised data
Monongahela and Youghiogheny River Crossings - Preliminary List
view index - Articles

- Added references for more historic structures over the Allegheny River
begin tour - "Allegheny River Crossings"


December 10, 1999
- Added more words to the Terminology about tunnels
view page - Terminology : Tunnel


December 9, 1999
- Added item to Articles
"Types of Structures" as defined by the California Dept. of Transportation
view index - Articles


December 6, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Ambridge topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


December 2, 1999
- Added further narrative and postcard views to Portal Bridge.
view page - Portal Bridge - Point State Park


December 1, 1999
- Added further narrative to Hulton Bridge.
view page - Jonathon Hulton Bridge


November 30, 1999
- Added and revised data for many bridges
- Added further narrative to Liberty, Ft Duquesne, 30th St Bridges, etc.
view page - Liberty Bridge
view page - Fort Duquesne Bridge ["The Bridge To Nowhere"]
view page - Thirtieth Street Bridge


November 24, 1999
- Added and revised data
Monongahela and Youghiogheny River Crossings - Preliminary List
view index - Articles


November 22, 1999
- Added item to Articles
Layers of Roads: Northern Turnpike, Old and New William Penn Highways and the Parkway East at Churchill
view index - Articles


November 15, 1999
- Added item to Articles
Monongahela and Youghiogheny River Crossings - Preliminary List
view index - Articles


November 10, 1999
- Added more covered bridge types and made other revisions to the Spotter's Guide
view page - Bridge Basics

- Added item to Articles
PA51 and Streets Run Rd -- The "Willock Option"
view index - Articles


November 5, 1999
begin tour - Added 1897 Bessemer and Lake Erie bridge to "Allegheny River Crossings" and revised historical data for current (1918) BLE bridge.

- Added new pages for historic structures over the Allegheny River (see tour above):
   Fort Wayne RR 1857, Allegheny Aqueduct 1829


November 2, 1999
begin tour - Added "Allegheny River Crossings" introduction.


November 1, 1999
- Added new pages and drawings for historic structures over the Allegheny River (see tour below):
   Fort Wayne RR 1868, Allegheny Aqueduct 1845
view page - Added "Allegheny River Crossings" Tour


October 29, 1999
- Added new pages for historic structures over the Allegheny River (see tour below):
   Union, Manchester, Sixth St (3), Seventh St, Ninth St (2),
    Ft Wayne RR, Mechanics St [16th St], 43rd St

- Added Tours section.
- view page - Added "Allegheny River Crossings" Tour


October 28, 1999
- Added navigational bar to top of each Structure page.

- Elevation drawings (looking downstream) on Allegheny River bridge pages.

- Added new structures over the Allegheny River:
view page - Highland Park Bridge over Allegheny River
view page - Brilliant Branch RR Bridge over Allegheny River
view page - Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge [62nd Street Bridge]
view page - Jonathon Hulton Bridge
view page - Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge over Allegheny River
view page - Pennsylvania Turnpike Bridge over Allegheny River
view page - C. L. Schmitt Bridge [Ninth St - New Kensington Bridge]
view page - George D. Stuart Bridge [Tarentum Bridge]
view page - Donald L. Lobaugh Bridge [Freeport Bridge]


October 18, 1999
- Added article:
view page - The Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the path of the Parkway East


October 7, 1999
- Added article:
view page - West End-North Side Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA;
William P. McHugh, Ph. D., 1985
Historic American Engineering Record
transcribed from documents in the collection of the Library of Congress


October 6, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh West topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


September 28, 1999
- Added article:
view page - "A Trinity of Bridges: The Smithfield Street Bridge over the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh (PA-2)"; James D. Van Trump, Pittsburgh, 1974
Historic American Engineering Record
transcribed from documents in the collection of the Library of Congress


September 20, 1999
- Added article:
view page - "Pittsburgh Bridges at the Point (PA-3, 4, 5)"; James D. Van Trump, Pittsburgh, 1973
Historic American Engineering Record
transcribed from documents in the collection of the Library of Congress


August 20, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh West topo quad;
120 grid locations west of 0582


August 13, 1999
- Added new structures near Washington's Landing (Herr's Island) on the Allegheny River:
view page - Herr's Island Railroad Bridge
view page - Thirtieth Street Bridge
view page - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge at 33rd St

- Added photos of Thirty-First Street Bridge

- Added photo of Washington Crossing Bridge at 40th St


August 13, 1999
- Added new structure:
view page - Thirty-First Street Bridge


July 27, 1999
- Revised Bridge Basics
Added more types and further information to the Spotter's Guide.
view page - Bridge Basics


July 15, 1999
- Added Feedback form
Make comments about this website.
view page - Feedback form


July 09, 1999
- Added item to Articles
Field Notes: The Three Sisters: Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Street Bridges
view index - Articles


July 02, 1999
- Added new structures:
view page - Liberty Bridge
view page - South Tenth Street Bridge


June 28, 1999
- Added new structure:
view page - Panhandle Bridge


June 17, 1999
- Added new structure:
view page - Sixteenth Street Bridge


June 15, 1999
- Added new structures:
view page - Wabash Bridge (piers)
view page - Washington Crossing Bridge at 40th St


June 11, 1999
-Added Search Engine:
view page - Search This Site

- Added item to Articles
Field Notes: Sewickley Bridge
view index - Articles


June 09, 1999
- Added new structures:
view page - Portal Bridge - Point State Park
view page - Smithfield Street Bridge

- Updated historical info:
view page - Ninth Street Bridge
view page - Seventh Street Bridge
view page - Sixth Street Bridge (Roberto Clemente Bridge)
view page - Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge


May 21, 1999
- Revised data from fieldchecks:
view index - Mars topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle

view index - Valencia topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


May 05, 1999
- Added items to Articles
Field Notes: Northern Turnpike (Thompson Run), Elizabeth Bridge, and Westinghouse Bridge
view index - Articles


April 26, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Aliquippa topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle

- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Freeport topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


April 23, 1999
- Added the Bridge Basics "Spotter's Guide" page.
view page - Bridge Basics


April 20, 1999
- Reference maps for UTM grid added or revised:
Baden, Mars, Valencia, Curtisville, Pittsburgh West, Pittsburgh East, Braddock
view page - Regional Maps

- Added page for Fort Pitt Bridge, updated page for Fort Duquesne Bridge
view index - List by Design


April 15, 1999
- Added photos for the following:
Fort Duquesne Bridge, Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street) Bridge, Seventh Street Bridge, Ninth Street Bridge, Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge, Veteran's Bridge
view index - List by Design


April 14, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Valencia topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle

- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Curtisville topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


April 12, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Baden topo quad
initial listing completed and fieldchecked for this quadrangle

- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Mars topo quad
initial listing completed and fieldchecked for this quadrangle

- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Valencia topo quad
initial listing completed for this quadrangle

- Data revised in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad
Aspinwall, Sharpsburg, Munhall, Highland Park, Penn Hills, Hays


March 18, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad;
remaining 60 grid locations north of 4478
initial listing completed for this quadrangle


March 11, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad;
25 grid locations south and east of 0591 4473


March 9, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad;
75 grid locations south of and including 4478,
exclusive of those south and east of 0591 4473


March 2, 1999
- Structures listed in these locations:
view index - Braddock topo quad;
42 grid locations south and east of 0600 4475

view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad;
0584 4475 - 0584 4478;
0585 4475 - 0585 4478

view index - Pittsburgh West topo quad;
0581 4475 - 0581 4478;
0582 4475 - 0582 4478;
0583 4474 - 0583 4478;
0584 4474 - 0584 4478


February 24, 1999
- Structures added in these locations:
view index - Braddock topo quad; 0604 4472
view index - Pittsburgh East topo quad; 0585 4477
view index - Pittsburgh West topo quad; 0584 4477


February 1999
- General information pages posted.




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