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Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, East of Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76), Oakmont, Allegheny County, PA
Summary
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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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
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
Location
East Oakmont, 40.52173, -79.84227
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
