Roberto Clemente Bridge

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**Roberto Clemente Bridge**
From north bank of the Allegheny, downtown Pittsburgh in background
Official name	Roberto Clemente Bridge
Carries	Sixth Street
Longest span	430 ft (134.7 m)
Total length	884 ft spans (269.4 m) (main and 2 215 side spans) 995 ft with approaches
Width	38 ft roadway (formerly 2 vehicle, 2 tramway tracks, now 2 wide vehicle lanes) 10ft sidewalks (outside the plate girder)
Vertical clearance	above 78ft towers
Clearance below	deck is 40 ft above Emsworth Dam normal pool level (710 ft above sea level)
Opening date	October 19, 1928

Roberto Clemente Bridge is the official name of the Sixth Street Bridge over the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Named for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player Roberto Clemente, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Rachel Carson Bridge and the Andy Warhol Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are significant because they are the only trio of nearly identical bridges—as well as the first self-anchored suspension spans—built in the United States.

The bridge was renamed on August 6, 1998. It is closed to vehicular traffic on Pirates' and Steelers' game days, providing a pedestrian route to PNC Park and Heinz Field.