The Highland Park Bridge is a
truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
that carries vehicular traffic across the
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River ( ) is a long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into New York then i ...
between the
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
neighborhood of
Highland Park and the suburb of
Aspinwall. It replaced a much narrower
1902 streetcar bridge that was ill-equipped to handle heavy commuter traffic, as part of the process of suburbanization in the hills northeast of the city.
History
The bridge was designed by Sidney A. Shubin, chief bridge design engineer of Allegheny County, who also designed the
South Tenth Street Bridge and
Homestead High Level Bridge. Construction of the bridge began on November 6, 1937 and was completed in June 1939. The bridge cost $2.5 million to construct and was opened on June 22, 1939.
Two workers were killed during the construction on October 14, 1938 when a 68-ton crane fell from the bridge.
See also
*
List of crossings of the Allegheny River
References
External links
*
Highland Park Bridgeat Pghbridges.com
Bridges over the Allegheny River
Bridges completed in 1938
Road bridges in Pennsylvania
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