Jonathon Hulton Bridge
Jonathon Hulton Bridge from the road deck
The Jonathon Hulton Bridge, built in 1908, was the first major bridge designed by Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.[1] Spanning the Allegheny River, it connects the eastern Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakmont and Harmarville, Pennsylvania.
History
The bridge is a Parker Pratt through Truss bridge. These bridges where common in the early 20th century for car and rail traffic.[2] The bridge is named for Jonathon Hulton, one of the first landowners in the Oakmont area. The Hulton family also operated a ferry across the Allegheny River near the current bridge location until its construction.
In 1989 the PA Legislature approved the renaming of the bridge in honor of the late Pennsylvania Representative Joseph F. Bonetto. Plaques were unceremoniously attached to the bridge, and three days later they were removed and never seen again. New larger plaques were put in their place confirming that it was indeed the Jonathon Hulton Bridge.[3] The Hulton Bridge is currently painted a lavender color, a byproduct of the 1991 refurbishment of the bridge.[4]
Replacement Project
Construction of a 4-lane, 1600-foot-long replacement bridge just upstream of the existing bridge began in September 2013 and is expected to be completed in October 2015.[5][6][7][8] The replacement will cost $65 million, with 80% federal funding and 20% state funding.[5][9] Six buildings on the Harmar side of the river will need to be demolished before construction.[10] The replacement was designed by Pennsylvania-based engineering firms Gannett Fleming and McCormick Taylor.[4][11][12] Brayman Construction Corporation of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania is the general contractor for the project.[5][6][10][12] In 2009, when PennDOT announced the plan to replace and demolish the old bridge, engineering students from Carnegie Mellon University proposed turning the old bridge into a pedestrian bridge to connect Oakmont to the Allegheny River Trail.[1][13] However, it appears that the old bridge is still slated for demolition as originally planned.[5][7]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kate Luce Angell "Plan presented to save Hulton Bridge" post-gazette.com [Pittsburgh] December 24, 2009 5:56 am 10/3/2012 http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-east/plan-presented-to-save-hulton-bridge-372845/
- ↑ Condit, Carl. American Building Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. Print
- ↑ "Hulton Bridge - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA". pghbridges.com. Retrieved 9 Oct 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jon, Schmitz (February 16, 2009). "Plans for new Hulton Bridge put on display". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Yerace, Tom (September 13, 2013). "Work to start Monday on new Hulton Bridge". Tribune-Review.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Brayman Construction Corporation Heavy Civil & Geotechnical Contractors :: Hulton Bridge".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Hulton Bridge Replacement : Construction Schedule".
- ↑ Thomas, Mary Ann (December 1, 2013). "Chill won't halt Hulton Bridge work". Tribute-Review.
- ↑ Dezayas, Heidi (July 7, 2013). "Hulton Bridge Replacement: New Photo Rendering". Plum-Oakmont Patch.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Weigland, Jodi (August 2, 2013). "Clinton company may have landed Hulton Bridge project". Tribune-Review.
- ↑ "PennDOT District 11-0 Roadwork - Future Construction Projects Index - SR 0028, Section A44". PennDOT District 11-0 Roadwork - Future Construction Projects Index. PennDOT. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Hulton Bridge Replacement : Project Team".
- ↑ Santoni, Matthew (December 9, 2009). "Carnegie Mellon students design alternative use for Oakmont bridge". Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
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