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right The Washington Crossing Bridge, commonly known as the Fortieth Street Bridge, is an
arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
that carries vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River between the
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
neighborhood of Lawrenceville and the suburb of Millvale.


History

Erected between 1919 and late 1924, and officially opened on December 29, 1924, the Washington Crossing Bridge was originally built to accommodate two lanes of traffic and one streetcar line. Its estimated cost upon completion was $2,344,000. A 1982 re-decking allowed for the creation of a reversible third automobile lane. The bridge received its name because it is located at a historically significant site pertaining to
George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
's military career.Bridge Opening Today Honors Memory of Washington, Surveyor-President
" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''The Pittsburgh Post'', December 29, 1924, p. 16 (subscription required). In 1753, then-Major Washington was dispatched to give French forces an ultimatum to negotiate for the return of the lands that today make up Western Pennsylvania to the British or to prepare for a military strike. Crossing the Allegheny on a wooden raft, Washington was nearly killed when his vessel overturned at this site.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Notes Refe ...
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List of crossings of the Allegheny River This is a list of current bridges and other crossings of the Allegheny River starting from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it joins the Monongahela to form the Ohio River. Crossings Pennsylvania New York Pennsylvania See also * ...


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* * {{Pittsburgh Bridges Bridges over the Allegheny River Bridges in Pittsburgh Bridges completed in 1924 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks National Register of Historic Places in Pittsburgh Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States Steel bridges in the United States Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh)