File:Old Point Bridge (715.275187.CP).jpg

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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.

Date
October 8, 1927
Title
Old Point Bridge
Notes
address
The Point
Subjects
  • Point (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Old Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh City Photographer
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University of Pittsburgh
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Source http://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:715.275187.CP/
Author Pittsburgh City Photographer

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