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Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

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Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion, and because of the direct relationship the bridge holds in the development of and communication between the surrounding communities of Sewickley and Coraopolis.
Survey number: HAER PA-53
Building/structure dates: 1910- 1911 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1948 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1977 Subsequent Work

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Allegheny County Engineer
Davis, Charles
Adam Laidlaw Company
Fort Pitt Bridge Works
Chalfant, J G
Covell, Vernon R
Anderson, A A
Buel, Albert W
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Lowe, Ron, photographer
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, historian
place

Location

Sewickley (Pa.)40.53648, -80.18442
Google Map of 40.5364846, -80.1844243
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Source

Library of Congress
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