Old Point Bridge

275187cp
Demolition of the Old Point Bridge. looking at the upstream cables, after cutting. The stiffened chain suspension bridge was designed by Edward Hemberl of American Bridge Company. It connected Pittsburgh from the descending bank of Monongahela River at Water Street to a an area near the lower station of the Duquesne Incline on East Carson Street. A new bridge, designed by Stanley L. Roush, was constructed beside the original between 1925 and 1927. Upon the completion of the new bridge, the grand 1876 bridge, was dismantled. By 1959, the new bridge would also be outgrown, but not dismantled until 1970.
October 8th, 1927
Location
Downtown
Address
The Point
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
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Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL
Subjects
Point (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Old Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
715.275187.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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