Tenth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
South Tenth Street Bridge, most often called the Tenth Street Bridge, but officially dubbed the Philip Murray Bridge, is a suspension bridge spanning the Monongahela River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the only cable suspension bridge in Allegheny County and its main span is the longest span on the Monongahela River. The bridge was renamed on Labor Day 2007 for Philip Murray, the first president of the United Steelworkers of America. The bridge was built in 1931–33 and connects South Tenth Street on the South Side to Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnel under the Bluff. A staircase leads from the northern terminus of the bridge up to the campus of Duquesne University on the Bluff. In 2015, the bridge was one of 3 bridges to have bike specific lanes installed. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description The Tenth Street Bridge is long and has a main span of . It is the only conventional cable suspension bridge in Allegheny Cou ...
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