The Brady Street Bridge, also known as the South 22nd Street Bridge, was a steel

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, which crossed over the

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at South 22nd Street. Its main span was a tied arch with a suspended road deck, with two through-truss side spans, carrying two traffic lanes between Brady Street on the Pittsburgh side and South 22nd Street on the south side. Approach viaducts were built at either end. The bridge was built by the Schultz Bridge and Iron Company. The Brady Street Bridge closed on May 3, 1976, but the new

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was still being constructed and would not be open for another 14 months. Over two years later on May 29, 1978, the old bridge span was blasted into the Monongahela River. During the cleanup process that followed, railings from its remains were rescued by the

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and utilized in the construction of the

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