The Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge, commonly known as the 62nd Street Bridge, is a
truss bridge that carries
Pennsylvania Route 8
Pennsylvania Route 8 (PA 8) is a major state route in western Pennsylvania. Officially, PA 8 is named the William Flinn Highway. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 376 (I-376)/U.S. Route 22 (US 22)/US 30 in Pittsburgh. Its northern terminus ...
across the
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River ( ) is a long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into ...
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 ...
neighborhoods of
Morningside and
Lawrenceville and
Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
Sharpsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, along the Allegheny River. In 1900, nearly 7,000 people lived here; in 1920, the population peaked at just over 8,900 people. The population was 3, ...
.
History
The Allegheny was first crossed at this point by a wooden bridge, built in 1856. This was replaced by the Sharpsburg Bridge in 1901, which was itself replaced in 1962, as it was deemed too narrow for the traffic volume that it carried.
The current bridge was completed on July 1, 1962, and is named for
Robert D. Fleming, a former Republican Pennsylvania state senator whose district included portions of Pittsburgh's northeastern suburbs. It was built alongside and just upstream from the old bridge and consists of sixteen individual spans, including a four-span truss channel unit, with a span over the river and a three-span girder section with a central span over the railroad.
A section of the bridge buckled when the Crescent Supply Co. warehouse beneath it was destroyed by fire on May 28, 1981.
The bridge was reopened in January 1983.
See also
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List of crossings of the Allegheny River
References
External links
Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridgeat pghbridges.com
Bridges over the Allegheny River
Fleming
Bridges completed in 1962
Road bridges in Pennsylvania
Cantilever bridges in the United States
Warren truss bridges in the United States
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