Glenwood Bridge

Glenwood Bridge
Official name Glenwood Bridge
Other name(s) pghe590-12
Carries 4 lanes of PA 885
Crosses Monongahela River
Locale Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maintained by Allegheny County
Design Cantilever bridge
Total length 2,280 feet (690 m)
Longest span 557 feet (170 m)
Clearance below 50 feet (15 m)
Opened 1966

The Glenwood Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which carries Pennsylvania Route 885 over the Monongahela River. It started construction on June 3, 1958 and was completed in 1966 to replace an old decayed unsafe iron bridge built in 1894 which carried Pittsburgh Railways streetcar tracks and vehicle traffic on a wooden deck.[1]

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History

Glenwood bridge (1894)

The original bridge was built by the Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls[2] and carried trolley tracks between Pittsburgh and Homestead. It was later paved with wood to allow vehicle traffic to share the crossing.[3] Permission was given by the Public Utilities Commission on November 8, 1962 for Pittsburgh Railways to convert trolley routes 55 East Pittsburgh via Homestead and Braddock and 98 Glassport to bus service, as the replacement bridge planned did not incorporate trolley tracks.[4] Trolley service 55 across the bridge ended on July 4, 1964.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Glenwood Bridge at pghbridges.com". December 5, 2000. http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0590-4472/glenwood.htm. Retrieved December 5, 2009. 
  2. ^ "1894 Glenwood Bridge at pghbridges.com". September 4, 2001. http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0590-4472/glenwood1894.htm. Retrieved December 5, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Glenwood Bridge between Pittsburgh and Hays Borough". July 1, 1964. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276089. Retrieved December 19, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Trolley Firm To Put Buses On 2 Routes". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. November 9, 1962. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19621109&id=HD8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4942,1292040. Retrieved December 19, 2009. 
  5. ^ "Pittsburgh Railways Online - A Trolley Car Tragedy". 18 February 2002. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/tramstop/history4.html. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 

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