George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge in East Pittsburgh,

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, carries

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, the

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, over the Turtle Creek Valley near to where it joins the

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Valley east of

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. The reinforced concrete open-spandrel deck

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has a total length of comprising five spans. The longest, central span is , with the deck height above the valley floor, for a time the world's longest concrete arch span structure. It cost $1.75 million ($ in dollars). The design engineers were Vernon R. Covell and George S. Richardson, with architectural design by Stanley Roush. The pylons at the ends of the bridges feature

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reliefs by

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. The bridge is named for

George Westinghouse George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age ...

(October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914), the American

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and

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. Nearby was the famous

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East Pittsburgh Works, which is now an

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. Notable attractions visible while driving across the bridge include the

Edgar Thomson Steel Works The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in the Pittsburgh area communities of Braddock and North Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States. It has been active since 1875. It is currently owned by U.S. Steel and is known as Mon Valley Works – ...

( U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works) and

Kennywood Park Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1899, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway. It was purchased in 1 ...

Popular culture

The bridge was featured in the 2011 film ''

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'' starring

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and Tom Hardy.

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George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge
at pghbridges.com * * Bridges completed in 1932 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Lincoln Highway Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks U.S. Route 30 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System National Register of Historic Places in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States Concrete bridges in the United States Bridges in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub

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