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Photos taken May 1974 by Jack E. Boucher for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Oblique view of truss

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Facts

Overview: Two-span lenticular through truss bridge over Monongahela River on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Built 1883 under the direction of engineer Gustav Lindenthal
Builder: - Gustav Lindenthal (Designer)
Design: Lenticular through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 359.9 ft.
Total length: 1,176.9 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1974
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.43486, -80.00200 (decimal degrees)
40°26'05" N, 80°00'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: PA 02 3027 0020 0000 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 74001745 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30308 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 1991): 14,332

Update Log

February 26, 2007: Posted HAER photos

Sources

Wikipedia
HAER PA-2 - Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Comments

Smithfield Street Bridge

Posted March 27, 2007, by Randy Brush

I know about Smithfield Street Bridge. it is very old bridge. it is over 125 years old. wow It is good.

Smithfield Street Bridge

Posted October 12, 2006, by Cheryl Towers (cyberjyber [at] earthlink [dot] net)

I just learned that the Smithfield Street Bridge, a double lenticular truss design, is known to old time Pittsburghers as the "kissing fish bridge". For more on Pittsburgh bridges, see "The Bridges of Pittsburgh" by Bob Regan with photos by Tim Fabian published in June 2006 by The Local History Company. (Full disclosure: I'm one of the publishers!)