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Significance: The bridge was designed by two U.S. Steel subsidiaries - the railroad and the American Bridge Company - as a showpiece for their parent company. This structure not only introduced new silicon steel to American bridge construction, but also helped revive continuous truss design.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N575

Survey number: HAER PA-508

Building/structure dates: 1917-1918 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Porter, H T

Larsson, C G, E

American Bridge Company

Arthur McMullan Contracting Company

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad

U.S. Steel Corporation

Transtar, Incorporated

DeLony, Eric N, project manager

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor

Spivey, Justin M, historian

Lowe, Jet, photographer

East Oakmont , 40.52173, -79.84227

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

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