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Wabash Bridge
1940/1948
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Title
Wabash Bridge
Creator
Johnston & Johnston
Identifier
MSP285.B010.F16.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B010.F16.I01
Description
The Wabash Railroad Bridge, spanning the Monongahela River, was built in 1904 and designed by architect George T. Barnsley. The total length (including longest elevated ramp) of this cantilever bridge was 1,504 feet with a deck height of 46 feet above river level. The Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad (later the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad) was the idea of George Jay Gould. The Wabash was intended to challenge the near-monopoly of the Pennsylvania Railroad on freight in the Pittsburgh area. The Wabash Bridge Collapsed on October 19, 1903, before it was operational. Construction was finally completed in 1904. The Terminal and office building opened in 1905, but by 1908 the company was bankrupt. In 1948 the bridge superstructure was removed. The piers that supported this bridge are still in place, one at the Gateway Clipper landing, and one near the end of Stanwix Street.
Subject
Wabash Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Monongahela River (W. Va. And Pa.)
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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