File:3-4 VIEW FROM WEST. - George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA HAER PA,2-EAPIT,1-3.tif

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3-4 VIEW FROM WEST. - George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
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Eliott, Joseph
Title
3-4 VIEW FROM WEST. - George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Description
Booth and Flinn Company; Allegheny County Department of Public Works; Pennsylvania Department of Highways; Richardson, George S; Pribanic, Frank; Pribanic, Joe; Vittor, Frank; Armstrong, Joseph G; Babcock, E V; McGovern, Charles C; Barr, C M; Mansfield, W D; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer; Rotenstein, David S, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Allegheny County; East Pittsburgh
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,2-EAPIT,1-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest engineering skill in concrete arch bridge construction. Engineers designing and construction the bridge overcame challenges presented by the extreme depth and width of Turtle Creek valley, which this bridge spans.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N424
  • Survey number: HAER PA-446
  • Building/structure dates: 1929- 1932 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77001120.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3564.photos.361027p
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Object location40° 23′ 44.02″ N, 79° 50′ 20″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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